Police in Newark arrested a 23-year-old East Orange woman found in possession of several weapons.
According to police, officers arrested Ms. Stephanie J. Odige, 23, of East Orange for two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, CDS Possession, CDS Distribution and CDS Distribution Within 1,000-feet of a School.
Ms. Odige was arrested after police received a Crime Stoppers tip that there was a person with a gun inside a vehicle on the 400 block of South 6th Street.
Arriving officers observed the loaded .380 caliber handgun inside the vehicle which led to Odige's arrest.
After obtaining a search warrant for the vehicle, officers recovered a second handgun, a loaded .40 caliber Glock, along with 18 glassine envelopes of heroin.
These are mere allegations. Ms. Olige is consider innocent until proven guilty in a court of law .