Police in Newark reports the arrest of Mr. Dominick Carpio, 30, of Newark, after he was located with an abducted woman from Bayonne yesterday.
Newark Police responded to the Rivera Hotel, 169 Clinton Avenue, after receiving notification from Bayonne Police that an armed suspect had abducted a woman at 7-Eleven on 9th Street in Bayonne at approximately 9 a.m. Responding officers located Carpio inside a hotel room with the missing woman, who knows the suspect.
Police located a loaded firearm in the room along with approximately 7 grams of CDS crack cocaine, 27 empty glass vials and a scale.
Carpio was immediately arrested and is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, CDS possession, CDS distribution and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Carpio faces additional charges on the alleged abduction from Bayonne Police.
These charges are merely accusations. This suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.