PART 1
For Immediate Release:
February 27, 2023
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of RON REEDER (DOB: 5/13/1969; single; unemployed) and TAISHA BRAMWELL (DOB: 7/24/1983; single; unemployed), both of 1500 Teaneck Road, Apt. 426, Teaneck, NJ; and RICKEY RICHARDSON (DOB: 7/9/1966; single; unemployed) of 539 First Street, Windber, PA on multiple weapons, drug, identity theft and financial charges. The arrests are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the New York City Police Department.
On Thursday, February 23, 2023, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and the New York City Police Department executed a search warrant at 1500 Teaneck Road, Apt. 426, Teaneck, NJ. The search warrant stemmed from an active New York City Police Department homicide investigation. As a result of the search, detectives recovered heroin, cocaine, and several pounds of marijuana, all of which were amounts possessed for sale. Detectives also recovered two firearms as well as multiple fraudulent government documents and credit cards with the personal identifying information of other persons.
RON REEDER was charged with first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm by certain persons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5j; second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b; second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm by certain persons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7b(1); second-degree possession of a weapon during commission of a crime, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1; second-degree trafficking of personal identification information, N.J.S.A 2C:21-17.3b(2); second-degree possession of false government documents, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(b); third-degree receiving stolen property, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-7A; third-degree fraudulent use of credit cards, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-6(h); and third-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely marijuana, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1)/2C:35-5b(11)(b). REEDER was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.
TAISHA BRAMWELL was charged with second-degree trafficking of personal identification information, N.J.S.A 2C:21-17.3b(2); second-degree possession of false government documents, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(b); third-degree receiving stolen property, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-7A; and third-degree fraudulent use of credit cards, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-6(h). BRAMWELL was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.
RICKEY RICHARDSON was charged with second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b; second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm by certain persons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7b(1); second-degree possession of a weapon during commission of a crime, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1; second-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely heroin, N.J.S.A 2C:35-5a(1)/2C:35-5b(11)(b); and second-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely cocaine, N.J.S.A 2C:35-5a(1)/2C:35-5b(11)(b). RICHARDSON was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.
Prosecutor Musella states that the charges are merely accusations and that the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and he would also like to thank the New York City Police Department, the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, the Teaneck Police Department, and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department for their assistance in this investigation.
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HE WAS CHARGED YESTERDAY
The suspect who was dressed in Hasidic-style clothes when he shot and killed a man in a 2021 caught-on-camera ambush in Queens has been arrested, police said Thursday.
Ron Reeder, 52, was busted in New Jersey late last month and extradited Thursday to New York, where he was slapped with murder and weapons charges, according to cops.
Reeder, of Teaneck, NJ, allegedly shot 46-year-old Jermaine Dixon at point-blank range on South Conduit Avenue near 132nd Street in South Ozone Park on the morning of Sept. 6, 2021.
The gunman, disguised in apparent religious garb, had tried to make off with the $10,000 in Dixon’s pocket — but ran away before he could grab the cash, law enforcement sources said at the time.
A second person had also been keeping watch, and the pair waited several hours for Dixon to walk up to his car before ambushing him, the sources said.
Reeder was arrested on Feb. 23 when the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and the NYPD stormed his apartment on Teaneck Road, according to New Jersey officials.
He is also facing weapons, drug, identity theft, and financial charges as part of a separate criminal case in the Garden State.
Ron Reeder, 52, was arrested for allegedly shooting Jermaine Dixon at point-blank range in South Ozone Park on Sept. 6, 2021.
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Ron Reeder
Reeder was arrested on Feb. 23 and extradited Thursday to New York.
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It was not immediately clear if police were still looking for a second culprit.
Dixon, of Georgia, was killed not long after he was released from prison, where he’d been incarcerated on drug charges.