Police: Tip Leads To Arrest Of Township Man With Handgun

January 5, 2016 Crime News

Dowdell Donte — Donte Dowdell. *Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.*

A tip to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office led to the arrest of a 20-year-old township man on a gun charge, but not before the man crashed his car into two other vehicles while trying to elude police, authorities said.

Police charged Donte Dowdell with 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and 2nd Degree Eluding Jan. 4, after Dowdell allegedly tried to escape police following a motor vehicle stop on Mark Street.

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