STOLEN HANDGUN RECOVERED

September 16, 2018 at 0115 hours: Patrolman Jason Phares stopped a vehicle on County Route 523 near Barley Sheaf Road for being unregistered. During the course of the stop, it was determined that the driver was operating the vehicle with a suspended driver's license. A search of the vehicle discovered a Taurus .45 handgun. The pistol was reportedly stolen from a North Carolina residence earlier this year. Maliek Anderson, age 45 of Dorchester Massachusetts, was arrested for unlawful possession of a weapon, and receiving stolen property. A passenger of the vehicle, Fatima Singletary age 35 of Mattapan Massachusetts, was arrested for hindering apprehension and later released on a summons. Anderson was turned over to the Hunterdon County Sheriff's Department where he was then lodged in the Somerset County Jail.

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