{"id":148430,"date":"2026-02-28T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148430\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:00:09","slug":"linden-man-arrested-after-allegedly-pointing-50-caliber-handgun-in-secaucus-road-rage-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148430\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Man Arrested After Allegedly Pointing .50 Caliber Handgun in Secaucus Road Rage Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secaucus<\/a>
\n Linden<\/a><\/p>\n

By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Secaucus Police Department has charged a 51-year-old Linden man following a road rage incident that allegedly escalated into a confrontation involving a large caliber handgun.<\/p>\n

\"Ad\"\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to police, the incident began on February 26, 2026, at approximately 6:42 a.m., when officers received a report of a road rage encounter on Seaview Drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities said Alberto M. Balcazer, who was working as a ride-share driver at the time, later drove to the 500 block of Meadowlands Parkway to drop off a passenger.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, the other driver involved in the earlier dispute was employed at the same business location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said Balcazer pulled his vehicle in front of the other driver\u2019s car in the parking lot, where the two engaged in a verbal altercation.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the dispute, Balcazer allegedly displayed what was described as a large caliber semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at the victim before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patrol officers and detectives with the Secaucus Police Department worked together to identify Balcazer\u2019s vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Detectives later conducted surveillance at his residence in Linden and took him into custody upon his return home.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

During a court-authorized search of the residence, investigators seized a .50 caliber Desert Eagle Magnum handgun along with hollow point ammunition, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"Ad\"\/<\/a>
\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police charged Balcazer with unlawful possession of a handgun (2C:39-5b(1)), possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose (2C:39-4a(1)), aggravated assault (2C:12-1b(4)), terroristic threats (2C:12-3b), and possession of hollow point ammunition (2C:39-3f(1)).\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was lodged in the Hudson County Jail pending court proceedings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secaucus Linden By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0 The Secaucus Police Department has charged a 51-year-old Linden man following a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-148430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}