By: Richard L. Smith
Authorities in Morris County reported the arrest of Mr. Dwayne E. Allen, 21, of Palmyra, following an incident where two students were found in possession of a handgun at Morris Knolls High School on March 23, 2023.
During the ongoing investigation into this incident, Prosecutor Robert Carroll said detectives from the Denville Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office’s Homeland Security & Juvenile Units developed information that Dwayne Allen allegedly sold the firearm to a juvenile in Morris County during March 2023.
Police arrested Allen on May 17, and lodged him in the Morris County Correctional Facility and charged him with the following offenses:
• Unlawful Sale of a Firearm to a Juvenile, a second-degree offense, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39-10e;
• Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, a second-degree offense, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39- 5b;
• Transport of a firearm, a fourth-degree offense, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39-9d;
• Unlawful Possession of a High-Capacity Magazine, a fourth-degree offense, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39-3j; and
Unlawful Sale of a High-Capacity Magazine, a fourth-degree offense, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39-9h. There is no known connection between Allen and Morris Knolls High School.
Prosecutor Robert Carroll commends the Denville Police Department, the Palmyra Police Department, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police T.E.A.M.S. Central Unit, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, NJ Office of Homeland Security, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Juvenile and Homeland Security Units for their cooperative efforts resulting in this arrest.