Recent tips provided to city police led to the arrest of three men on drug and weapons-related charges, police say.
(file photo)NEWARK -- Recent tips provided to city police led to the arrest of three men on drug and weapons-related charges, said Newark Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ronald Glover said in a released statement.
"I applaud the units involved in these arrests for a job well done and applaud the citizens for making use of the department's 24-hour anonymous tip line," said Newark Police Director Eugene Venable. "The citizens are providing detailed information and as result our units are making these arrests."
Newark officers arrested Lamar K. Bond, 28, of Newark, on Nov. 13 after the department received an anonymous tip of a man walking in the 100 block of North Munn Avenue armed with a handgun, the statement said.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers found Bond in possession of a fully-loaded 38-caliber gun, officials said. In addition to the firearm, officials also discovered 48 envelopes of heroin, 21 small ziplock bags of marijuana and dozens of pills in his possession in Bond's pockets, the statement said.
Following his arrest, Bond was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and multiple drug-related violations, the statement said.
Brevon Brown, 20, was arrested Monday at approximately 9 p.m near the intersection of Hopewell Place and Vermont Avenue the statement said. Acting on a resident complaints of open-air drug sales, police conducting patrols in the area observed Brown attempting to conceal a firearm in his waistband, according to the statement.
After attempting to discard the gun, Brown led officers on a short foot pursuit before being taken into custody, the statement said. Brown now stands charged with unlawful possession of a loaded 25-caliber handgun and resisting arrest.
A third man, George Crespo, 33, of Newark, was arrested just a few hours later by city police, Essex County Sheriff's officers and other members of the department's Firearm Interdiction Team, the statement said.
Members of the team were dispatched to Garside Street and 2nd Avenue at approximately 11 p.m. after receiving tips of a male armed with a gun, Glover said.
After arriving, officers found Crespo in possession of a Colt Air pellet handgun, the statement said. He was later arrested and charged with multiple weapons-related offenses.
Crespo was hit with an additional charge of criminal mischief after he allegedly attempted to break a police car window after being taken into custody, authorities said.
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