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DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE 480 Clinton Avenue, 2 th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07108 (973) 733-6008 Ras J. Baraka, Mayor Anthony F. Ambrose, Public Safety Director Raul Malave III, Assistant Public For Immediate Release July 24, 2016 For Further Information, Contact: Captain Derek Glenn Or the Public Information Office (973) 877-9334 NEWARK POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS WITH AK-47, DRUGS AND MONEY Shortly before 9pm, detectives arrested two 30-year-old Newark men with two fully loaded guns, an AK-47, a 9mm handgun, drugs and cash announced Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose. Acting on a tip, detectives from the Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau surrounded the Grace West Housing complex looking for a man armed with an assault weapon. As they walked into the complex from different directions, they saw two men standing in the courtyard talking near a utility shed. One of the two men was holding what was later determined to be an Ak-47 assault weapon, the other a handgun. Seeing the approaching officers, the two paused before tossing the guns in the shed and running. Lyonel Finklea was arrested in the courtyard after a brief foot chase. The second suspect, Nakeem Shariah broke into an occupied apartment on Irvine Turner Blvd where he stayed refusing to come out. Members of Department’s Emergency Response Team responded and entered the apartment where they arrested Shariah. Both men were charged with various offenses including possession of an assault weapon, a handgun, possession of the weapons for unlawful purposes, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and possession of a defaced firearm. They were also charged with resisting arrest, possession of hollow point bullets, an extended magazine and numerous narcotic related offenses for possessing 142 packets of heroin. Finklea was additionally charged with aggravated assault on police officers and Shariah with burglary and kidnapping. Nearly $500 was confiscated from the two men as proceeds from narcotics sales.
