Crime & Safety
Cops Find Weapons, Cocaine In Home Of Repeat Newark Felon: Authorities
Federal officers found 5 guns and more than 500 grams of cocaine in the home of a repeat felon in Newark, authorities say.
A Newark man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was arrested on Wednesday after federal law enforcement officers reportedly found four handguns, a 12-guage shotgun and more than 500 grams of cocaine at his residence, authorities reported.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (NJ), Carlos Bess, 35, of Newark, New Jersey, was charged with one count of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams of cocaine and five counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to the court complaint, since June 2015, agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been investigating the sales of narcotics, including heroin and cocaine, in and around Middlesex and Essex Counties.
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Pursuant to a lawful search warrant executed at Bess’s Newark residence this morning, federal agents found a loaded .357 revolver, two loaded .380 pistols, a loaded 9mm pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun and more than 500 grams of cocaine, authorities stated.
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