The Alternative Press

PATERSON, NJ - A 38-year-old Nutley man was picking up his two-year-old daughter when he began waving a handgun during a quarrel with the child's mother at her Temple Street home at 2:19 pm on Sunday, police said.

The man, Edwin Mendez, later was arrested on weapons charges by Newark police at his parents' home on Sherman Avenue in Newark, where he had brought the child, authorities said.

The child was returned to her mother safe and sound, police said.