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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Italy Terrace
Date March 24, 2015
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Atlantic City police arrest three wanted suspects with handguns
Normalized · 2015-03-26T18:03:00-0400
Atlantic City police arrested three people wanted on warrants over two days and recovered three handguns. The article says one woman, identified as Rivera, was arrested Tuesday and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and receiving stolen property after police found a stolen .22-caliber handgun during a consent search of her home. Two men were arrested Wednesday: one identified as Wilbor Hopewell, who police said had a .25-caliber handgun and heroin, and another identified as Quashan Turner, who was wanted on an attempted-murder charge and was allegedly found with a .25-caliber handgun and crack cocaine.
Three people wanted on warrants were arrested and three guns were recovered in Atlantic City within two days that week. According to the article, a woman identified as Rivera, 20, was arrested at about 2 p.m. Tuesday by Vice Detective William Garner. Police said Rivera agreed to a search of her home on Italy Terrace, where officers found a stolen .22-caliber handgun. She was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and receiving stolen property. The article said her outstanding warrants were from Atlantic City, Hamilton Township and Northfield, and that she was being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $100,000 full cash bail. On Wednesday, police arrested Wilbor Hopewell, 20, on warrants from the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office and Absecon. The article said vice officers arrested him on the beach block of Ocean Avenue. Police said he was found with a .25-caliber handgun as well as heroin. He was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, heroin possession and the outstanding warrants. The article said he was arrested by Detectives Will Herrerias, Darrin Flanagan and T.J. Moynihan, and that his bail was set at $100,000 full cash. About a half-hour later, SWAT and vice officers arrested Quashan Turner in the 1000 block of Pacific Avenue. The article said Turner, 19, was wanted on an attempted-murder charge connected to a shooting in Trenton, where he lives. Police said he was found with a .25-caliber handgun and crack cocaine. He was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, cocaine possession, possession with intent to distribute, and possession within 500 feet of a public park. The article said he was jailed on $200,000 full cash bail. No shootings, injuries, or deaths were reported in this article; it describes gun-related arrests and weapon recoveries.
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