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LONGSHOREMAN SUSPENDED AFTER ARREST FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF HANDGUN

November 12, 2019

The Commission temporarily suspended the registration of longshoreman Kenneth M. Brown, 31, of Matawan, New Jersey today pending the outcome of an administrative hearing based upon his arrest on October 24, 2019 in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Brown was arrested for illegally possessing a loaded firearm in violation of N.J.S.A. § 2C:39-5B(1), a crime of the second degree. According to the Colts Neck Police Department, Brown was arrested after a Ruger LCP .380 pistol loaded with six (6) rounds was recovered from a vehicle Brown was operating. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is handling the criminal matter.