On Saturday, Aug. 16, at about 2:10 p.m., Lyndhurst police received a 9-1-1 call about a male walking with “an exposed firearm in his waistband” near TJ Maxx in the Towne Centre Shopping Plaza at 421 Valley Brook Avenue, according to Lyndhurst Police Capt. Paul Haggerty.
Officers couldn’t locate the suspect at first. With the help of “the resilient eyewitness,” they spotted the male moments later entering a parked vehicle outside the AT&T store in the same plaza, Haggerty said. Sgt. Richard Jasinski, Officer Robert Litterio, Officer Michael A. Carrino, and Officer Vincent Dorio converged on the vehicle.
The suspect, identified as a juvenile, was “in fact found to be in possession of a toy replica Glock pistol, which was located in a holster within his waistband,” the captain said. The orange safety tip had been “altered with what appeared to be black marker.”…