Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announces that police recovered a loaded .40 caliber handgun and arrested a 16-year-old Newark male for weapon possession on Wednesday.
Special Enforcement Bureau, patrolling the area of South 17th Street near South Orange Avenue, observed a juvenile remove a handgun from the exterior stairs of a residence and place it in his waistband sometime around 10:45 p.m.
The juvenile was taken into custody without incident shortly after.
He was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.