A federal jury convicted a Paterson man of illegally possessing ammunition after prosecutors said he threw a homemade gun loaded with 30 rounds while fleeing officers.
Kendale Wilson, 39, was convicted following a three-day trial in Newark federal courthouse, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer said on Friday.
New Jersey State Police officers encountered Wilson near Union Avenue and Jasper Street in Paterson on April 6, 2024, prosecutors said. He ran when an officer approached, then pulled a privately manufactured firearm with a drum magazine from beneath his sweatshirt, and tossed it toward a nearby driveway…