Fugitive Arrest Results In Gun Seizure In Mercer County: Sheriff

What began as a fugitive arrest turned into three arrests and the seizure of five guys, Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler announced. Members of the Mercer County Sheriff s Office and the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force were targeting 24-year-old Ajderiah Ivey. Zaire Jackson, 23, and 26-year-old Allen Edwards were also arrested inside an apartment on the 500 block of Hoffman Avenue in Trenton.

Ivey had an outstanding bench warrant for her arrest issued by Mercer County Superior Court for a Violation of Probation. After the three were arrested, police obtained a court-ordered search warrant. During that search, detectives said they seized an SKS style assault rifle, two high capacity magazines, a defaced 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, and a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun.

“Our collaboration with the US Marshals Service continues to help us apprehend dangerous fugitives and to take more and more deadly weapons off of our streets,” Kemler said.

Ivey and Jackson were charged with unlawful possession of an assault weapon, two counts of unlawful possession of a high-capacity magazine, and possession of a defaced firearm. Edwards was charged with unlawful possession of an assault weapon, two counts of unlawful possession of a high-capacity magazine, possession of a defaced firearm and certain persons not to possess firearms. All three are being held at the Mercer County Correction Center pending court appearances.

The attached images of Adjeriah Ivey, Zaire Jackson and Allen Edwards were provided by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office