Newark police arrest 6, close after-hours establishment

NEWARK, NJ — Six suspects were arrested and an after-hours establishment was closed on Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Newark’s North Ward.

In response to citizen complaints, Newark police initiated an investigation into allegations that an after-hours establishment was operating from 283 Mount Pleasant Ave. Earlier on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 6, detectives from the Newark Police Special Enforcement Bureau conducted an operation at the location and discovered the second floor of Chico’s Auto Repair Shop to be operating as an illegal liquor establishment.

SEB detectives entered the location and seized numerous containers of alcohol, all being sold without the proper licenses.

Argeni Castro, 32, of Newark, was arrested and charged with maintaining an unlicensed liquor establishment, unlawful possession of alcohol and illegal sales of alcohol. Melissa Reyes, 22, of Newark, was arrested and charged with aiding in illegal alcohol operations. Xiomarky Reyes, 27, of Newark, was arrested and charged with aiding in illegal alcohol operations. Jacob Jimenez, 25, of Elizabeth, was arrested and charged with aiding in illegal alcohol operations. Felix Ortiz-Perez, 37, of Newark, was arrested and charged with aiding in illegal alcohol operations. Maikol Salas, 26, of Hyattsville, Md., was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute within a 1,000 feet of a school and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of a housing complex.

  Newark Police Department, Special Enforcement Bureau