Secaucus Car Stop Yields Loaded Gun, Mushrooms, Say Police

SECAUCUS, NJ — A loaded handgun and psychedelic mushrooms were found in what Secaucus Police say was a routine traffic stop Tuesday morning.

At 7:54 a.m. Tuesday, Secaucus Police pulled a car over on Meadowlands Parkway for an expired registration and a brake light being out.

During the stop, police observed a handgun on the driver's side floorboard. The car's driver, a Virginia man, was taken into handcuffs, and the Glock 43 9mm handgun was seized.

The handgun was loaded with both hollow-point and full metal jacket ammunition, said police. It also had a round in the chamber, said police.

Additionally, suspected psilocybin mushrooms were seized from the vehicle.

The driver, Timothy Williams, 33, of Virginia, was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm [2C:39-5b(1)], Possession of Hollow Point Ammunition [2C:39-3f(1)], Unlawful Possession of Handgun Ammunition [2C:58-3.3] and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance [2C:35-10a(1)].

“The amount of people in possession of illegal guns is quite alarming, especially this motorist who was carrying a loaded handgun at his feet,” said Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller. “I commend the police officers involved for the seizure of another loaded handgun and their continued proactive policing methods.”

He was lodged in the Hudson County Jail.

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