DEPARTMENT ofPUBLIC SAFETY

PUBLICINFORMATION

OFFICE

480 Clinton Avenue, 2nd FloorNewark, New Jersey 07108(973) 733-6008Ras J. Baraka, MayorAnthony F. Ambrose, Public Safety DirectorRaul Malave III, Assistant Public Safety DirectorDarnell Henry, Chief of PoliceRufus Jackson, Chief of Fire For Immediate Release

September 8, 2017For Further Information, Contact:  Captain Derek Glenn (973) 877-9374Or Public Information Officer Catherine Adams (973) 733-3995

UPDATE Armed Suspect Surrenders to Newark SWAT Team

After Fleeing into ResidenceNewark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose reports the arrest of Quamarl L. Boykins, 19, Amir Bey, 23, Samid Strothers, 20, and Terry A. Lewis, 22, all of Newark, following an incident that began with a dispute at a bodega and ended with one suspect surrendering to the SWAT Team yesterday.

Shortly before 9:30 a.m., police responded to Yeci Supermarket, located at Shepard and Osborne avenues, on a call of a man pointing a gun. Responding officers saw three men fitting the descriptions flee from the group. Officers observed one of the men, Quamarl L. Boykins, with a gun.

Boykins ran into a residence in the 100-block of Shepard Avenue.

Samid Strothers and Amir Bey also ran but were immediately apprehended. Strothers is charged with possession of 433 vials of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute he is additionally charged with Contempt of Court.

Amir Bey, the man identified as the person who pointed the gun in the bodega, was charged with Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.

Boykins remained inside the residence until 11:20 a.m., when a SWAT Team negotiator secured his surrender. He was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for the residence and located a loaded 9MM handgun along with five paintball guns, 51 vials of CDS cocaine and one glassine envelope of CDS heroin. A fourth suspect, Terry A. Lewis, was arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and two counts of CDS Possession (heroin and cocaine) for the evidence seized during the search warrant.

These charges are merely accusations. Each suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Quamarl Boykins Samid Strothers Amir Bey Terry Lewis

September 7, 2017 – Newark Police Division’s SWAT Team respond to scene of barricaded persons in 100-block of Shepard Avenue.

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