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Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says
Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says UPDATE: A woman deliberately set a fire last summer that roared through a string of attached mixed-use buildings in Paterson -- displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters – during an argument with a tenant, authorities charged. Authorities didn’t suggest a possible motive when they announced that detectives had arrested Yanit Valdez, 38, of Manhattan 10 days after the massive Aug. 3 fire on Cianci Street. However, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson this week accuses Valdez of lighting paper towels on a couch to settle an argument in an upper-floor apartment. Fla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof
Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof A Paterson man critically stabbed a woman before jumping to his death from the roof of a nearby building, authorities said. The body of Esaul Morales, 38, was found on the sidewalk after he stabbed the 26-year-old victim in a Cianci Street apartment around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition with stab wounds on Thursday, they said. “The investigation remains active and ongoing,” Valdes and Bayc…

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by Jerry DeMarco