Dad's call to police leads to arrest for drugs, guns

[Cass]

A father, angry over his daughter coming home drunk and unruly, called the police to teach her a lesson.

Instead, police ended up arresting the father after his daughter led them to a stash of illegal weapons and more 600 vials of cocaine inside the house.


Kevin Winston, 46, was being held yesterday in the Essex County Jail on numerous weapons and drugs charges.

"He called us on her and ended up getting locked up himself," said Newark Police Director Anthony Ambrose, shaking his head.

The incident began at 2:45 a.m., when Winston called police complaining about his 16-year-old daughter, who had come home drunk.

In addition to the 16-year-old, Winston lives at 235c Irvine Turner Blvd. in Newark with four other daughters, two 15, one 12 and one 3.

When police arrived at the family's home, the oldest girl pulled police aside and told them she feared for herself and her sisters because of the number of drugs and weapons stored there.

"Once she said she was scared and frightened in the house, once she said there were weapons in the house, we are allowed to immediately search the home," Ambrose said, citing the domestic violence law.

The girl led the officers to a hidden crawl space above the ceiling of the home where police found eight guns, 617 vials of cocaine and assorted drug paraphernalia, police said.


In addition to four semi-automatic guns, including an AK-47 complete with banana clip, police confiscated a sawed-off shotgun, a 9mm handgun, a .22 caliber rifle, and more than 70 rounds of ammunition.


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[lady cop]

i sincerely hope he goes down for a long time based on those weapons and the quantity of cocaine. another dealer, and not a small one, off the street. poor kids, what kind of chance did they have for a decent life?

[princessfroggy]

617 vials of cocaine...major amount to have on hand. This guy was obviously dealing. Very much an unsafe environment for his children. Did the 16 year old get into trouble for being drunk?

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[princessfroggy]

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[valerie]

Originally Posted by princessfroggy

didn't catch the date...lol

That's okay Princess, happens to the best of us!!

I really liked Cass so it was nice to see her name up, anyway!

Welcome to the Garden, by the way!!

[princessfroggy]

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