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Newark Safe Passageway Citizen Alerts Police of Man With Loaded Gun Near Shabazz High School

Newark

Police are reporting the arrest of Mr. Troy White, 18, of Orange, for possession of a loaded .40 caliber handgun yesterday.

According to police, shortly before 2:45 p.m., a concerned citizen alerted police patrolling a Safe Passageways route near Malcolm X Shabazz High School, at Hillside Avenue and Bigelow Street, that a man in the area had a gun.

Based on the witness description, officers located the suspect and observed him with the weapon.

The suspect, Mr. Troy White, was immediately arrested and the loaded handgun was recovered by police.

Police charged White with Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Possession of ProhibitedSaid Weapons (hollow point bullets).

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