Two South Brunswick Men Charged With Illegal Gun Possession

South Brunswick, NJ - Two local young South Brunswick men were arrested Tuesday for illegally possessing handguns, after someone called police after seeing them walking on the train tracks, allegedly holding one of the guns.

At 8:34 a.m. Tuesday, officers were called to the area of Ridge Road and Pierson Street for a report of two men walking on the train tracks, one of whom was alleged to have been armed. Police responded, and Kyle Moore, 24, and Virenkuma Patel, 22, both of Monmouth Junction, were found by police in the parking lot of the Old English Square strip mall at 613 Ridge Road.

Police Chief Raymond Hayducka and Officer Chris Magee-Vanderveen approached the young men and a search revealed that both were armed with handguns, police said. Both Patel and Moore appeared to be highly impaired at the time of the incident, police said.

Moore was charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, with bail set at $60,000. Patel was charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon with bail set at $75,000. Both men were later lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center. The investigation into possible drug use remains ongoing.