Newark Police Recover Cache of Semi-Automatic Weapons 
Mayor Cory A. Booker and Acting Police Director Samuel A. DeMaio held a press availability to announce the recovery of a cache of semi-automatic weapons by Newark Police during a raid at 90 Spruce Street. The press availability took place at the Newark Police Department’s Ballistics Lab.During the press availability, Newark Police Department ballistics experts displayed the 8 semi-automatic weapons which consisted of two handguns, two shotguns, two mac 9mm, one AK47, one M1 Carbine and three loaded high-capacity magazines. Two bullet-proof vests were also recovered during the raid.
“Anyone of these weapons can do a tremendous amount of damage on our streets. Acting Director DeMaio has made it his purpose to get more of these illegal guns off the streets. Here in the City of Newark, we are not going to allow this level of violence to persist. We now have a more powerful coalition with multiple layers of law enforcement focused on immediate results. We are grateful for the support and increased resources we are receiving from our county, state and federal partners. These efforts are increasing investigatory power and are helping us to recover more weapons,” said Mayor Booker.
“On Friday, we called an emergency meeting with our federal, local and state partners to present intelligence that we had recently gathered. We asked each agency to work a specific area in conjunction with our narcotics, major crimes and homicide task forces. Over the weekend, we put our plan into action and gathered information which led us to a stash house where these weapons were located. Our main concern was getting the weapons out of the apartment and off the streets as they were consistent with some of the violence that we have experienced recently in our city. We are pleased with the early results of this on-going investigation and thank our partners, community leaders and the public for their continued support,” said Acting Police Director DeMaio.
Under the Booker Administration, the City of Newark has formed several new partnerships and launched numerous new initiatives and policing strategies. Since being created in 2006, the Newark Police Foundation has raised thousands of dollars in philanthropic donations to support the purchase and deployment of new crime-fighting technology, including the deployment of more than one hundred wireless video surveillance cameras, a sonic gunshot detection system, a new state-of-the-art emergency services vehicle, and the operation of the City’s “Crime Stopper” and “Gun Stopper” anonymous tip lines.
Since the program began police have received more than 4,100 calls and paid out more than $84,000 in reward money resulting in more than 260 arrests, the recovery of 106 guns, and the confiscation of more than $250,000 worth of illegal narcotics.
More than 1,100 officers make up the Newark Police Department, making it the largest municipal department in the State of New Jersey. This September, the Department is scheduled to open its new 5th Precinct in the South Ward, a state-of-the-art 75,000-square-foot facility that will include the City’s Office of Emergency Management. The Department also received a $1 million grant earlier this year to provide for a specialized vehicle that can read license plates numbers.
Anyone with information about any crime in Newark is urged to call the Department’s 24-hour “Crime Stoppers” anonymous tip line at 877 NWK-TIPS (877 695-8477) or 877 NWK-GUNS (877 695-4867). Tips leading to arrests and indictments could result in cash rewards of up to $2,000 to the person who provides the information or $1,000 per gun for calls into the gun hot line.
“On Friday, we called an emergency meeting with our federal, local and state partners to present intelligence that we had recently gathered. We asked each agency to work a specific area in conjunction with our narcotics, major crimes and homicide task forces. Over the weekend, we put our plan into action and gathered information which led us to a stash house where these weapons were located. Our main concern was getting the weapons out of the apartment and off the streets as they were consistent with some of the violence that we have experienced recently in our city. We are pleased with the early results of this on-going investigation and thank our partners, community leaders and the public for their continued support,” said Acting Police Director DeMaio.
Under the Booker Administration, the City of Newark has formed several new partnerships and launched numerous new initiatives and policing strategies. Since being created in 2006, the Newark Police Foundation has raised thousands of dollars in philanthropic donations to support the purchase and deployment of new crime-fighting technology, including the deployment of more than one hundred wireless video surveillance cameras, a sonic gunshot detection system, a new state-of-the-art emergency services vehicle, and the operation of the City’s “Crime Stopper” and “Gun Stopper” anonymous tip lines.
Since the program began police have received more than 4,100 calls and paid out more than $84,000 in reward money resulting in more than 260 arrests, the recovery of 106 guns, and the confiscation of more than $250,000 worth of illegal narcotics.
More than 1,100 officers make up the Newark Police Department, making it the largest municipal department in the State of New Jersey. This September, the Department is scheduled to open its new 5th Precinct in the South Ward, a state-of-the-art 75,000-square-foot facility that will include the City’s Office of Emergency Management. The Department also received a $1 million grant earlier this year to provide for a specialized vehicle that can read license plates numbers.
Anyone with information about any crime in Newark is urged to call the Department’s 24-hour “Crime Stoppers” anonymous tip line at 877 NWK-TIPS (877 695-8477) or 877 NWK-GUNS (877 695-4867). Tips leading to arrests and indictments could result in cash rewards of up to $2,000 to the person who provides the information or $1,000 per gun for calls into the gun hot line.
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