Loaded Ghost Gun, Pills, Crack Seized In Mercer Co. Traffic Stop

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Two men face weapons and drug charges after Hamilton police found a loaded ghost gun and several types of drugs during a traffic stop early Wednesday, police said.

Around 1:36 a.m. on Wednesday, Officers Kasa and Baeza stopped a black Infiniti Q50 near South Broad Street and Maddock Avenue, according to the Hamilton Police Division.

Police said the passenger, Derrick Rossi, 45, of Hamilton, had an outstanding warrant. When officers told him to get out of the car, he tried to take off his jacket, reached toward the lower side of his body and refused to step out, police said.

As officers tried to remove him, Derrick Rossi kept resisting, and the driver, Kendall Rossi, 47, of Trenton, tried to hold him back, preventing officers from taking him out of the car, according to police.

Once officers pulled Derrick Rossi from the vehicle, they searched him and found a black 9mm ghost gun loaded with a high-capacity magazine, police said.

Officers then arrested Kendall Rossi and found ecstasy, oxycodone and Xanax pills during a search, according to police. He then dropped crack cocaine rocks from his hand and began stomping on them in an attempt to destroy the evidence, police said.

Derrick Rossi was charged with:

• Possession of a weapon

• Possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose

• Possession of a firearm without a serial number

• Certain persons not to have weapons

• Possession of a high-capacity magazine

• Three counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance

• Possession of a controlled dangerous substance

• Possession of drug paraphernalia

Kendall Rossi was charged with:

• Six counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance

• Six counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance

• Possession of drug paraphernalia

• Possession of a weapon

• Resisting arrest

• Hindering apprehension

Both men were taken to the Mercer County Correction Center pending a detention hearing, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Hamilton Police Crime Tip Hotline at 609-581-4008.

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