In the last four months, there have now been at least five drive-by shootings involving pellet or paintball guns investigated by city or Rutgers University police.
Law enforcement carried out raids at homes in Phillipsburg, Middlesex Borough and Linden, netting five arrests and recovering drugs, guns and a large amount of cash.
Previously, Safi Hill pleaded guilty to stabbing a man in a street fight in Montgomery Township in April 2021, for which he served 180 days in the Somerset County Jail.