3rd arrest in reported N.J. gunfire is teen accused of ‘employing minors to commit crimes’
By: Kurt Bresswein | Published: 2025-07-04 23:07:00 | Source: www.nj.com
Warren County authorities on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old in their investigation into reported gunfire last month that led to the seizure of firearms.
Jared D. Benka-Coker, of Stewartsville in Warren’s Greenwich County, is charged in the incident along with two juveniles who were previously arrested.
No one was reported injured nor was there any property damage in the gunfire reported about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, June 7 in the area of Dumont Road and Hamilton Drive in Greenwich.
As part of the investigation, police executed a search warrant Thursday at a home in the 300 block of Hamilton Drive that turned up a loaded 9mm ghost gun, which is an untraceable type of firearm, according to a news release from the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office.
The ghost gun and a 31-round,…
