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East 22nd Street, Paterson, NJ

EIGHT WOUNDED: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (UPDATE) EIGHT WOUNDED: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (UPDATE)
Eight Wounded: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (Update) UPDATE: Eight people were wounded, one of them a 13-year-old child, in a trio of shootings in Paterson just blocks apart, authorities confirmed. The youngest victim and a 19-year-old man were shot near the corner of East 18th and Fair streets around 9 p.m. Friday, April 14. Both were taken by ambulance to nearby St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Gunfire erupted again, this time at 12:50 a.m. Saturday in the area of East 22nd Street and 10th Avenue, barely a five-minute walk from …
Wheelchair-Bound Shooting Victim From Paterson Shot Again Wheelchair-Bound Shooting Victim From Paterson Shot Again
Wheelchair-Bound Shooting Victim From Paterson Shot Again A 35-year-old man confined to a wheelchair from a previous shooting was critically wounded by gunfire in Paterson, authorities confirmed. The victim was shot multiple times at the five corners where Park Avenue and East 22nd Street meet shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint release. The victim was immediately rushed in a private vehicle to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the brief release says. Valdes and Ribeiro didn’t characterize the severity of the wounds, but responders s…
3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom 3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom
3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom A third arrest was made nearly two weeks ago in the cold-blooded ambush killing a 22-year-old Paterson man in front of his mother last Fourth of July weekend, authorities announced Monday. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora didn’t explain why they waited nearly two weeks to announce the arrest of Dashawn A. Rhoden, 22, in the shooting death of Juan Garcia, 28 last July 3. They'd done the same earlier Monday when they announced the capture of a suspect in another murder case,  Garcia was gunned down in front of his mother in a targeted…
Fugitive Wanted In Stabbing Death Nabbed In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ Fugitive Wanted In Stabbing Death Nabbed In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ
Fugitive Wanted In Stabbing Death Nabbed In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ A fugitive wanted for stabbing a fellow Paterson resident dead during a group brawl nearly a year ago was captured in Rhode Island last month, authorities announced on Monday. A warrant for his arrest had been obtained after investigators identified Roshane Latty, 22, as the prime suspect in the stabbing death of Luis Ramirez, 26, on Park Avenue off East 22nd Street late last January, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief announcement. Latty was extradited to New Jersey last Wednesday, they added. It wasn't immediately cl…
Raid Of Paterson After-Hours Joint Yields 300 Heroin Folds, 188 Oxy Tabs, Handgun, More Raid Of Paterson After-Hours Joint Yields 300 Heroin Folds, 188 Oxy Tabs, Handgun, More
Raid Of Paterson After-Hours Joint Yields 300 Heroin Folds, 188 Oxy Tabs, Handgun, More An after-hours gambling den was buzzing when Paterson detectives stopped the action, seizing 300 heroin folds, 188 Oxy tabs and a defaced handgun while arresting three men. The Park Avenue neighborhood off East 22nd Street was already a "hotspot" -- notorious for broad-daylight drug sales and loitering crowds -- when someone fired a gun after investigators broke up a large outdoor gathering last weekend, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives approaching the illegal club on a follow-up detail Friday spotted Donald Johnson, 21, of the Bronx exiting from under a halfway-p…
POLICE SHOOTOUT: Judge Orders Accused NJ Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit POLICE SHOOTOUT: Judge Orders Accused NJ Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit
Police Shootout: Judge Orders Accused NJ Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit UPDATE: A judge has ordered that a Paterson ex-con accused of exchanging gunfire with police while fleeing a shooting remain held pending trial. Jabor Taylor, 39, was arrested after detectives found his smashed-up Buick with a bullet hole in the rear windshield in East Orange following the Labor Day weekend incident, authorities said. It began when a 22-year-old city man was shot several times near the corner of East 22nd Street and 12th Avenue around 1 a.m. Sept. 4. The victim was being taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center when an officer tried to stop a vehicle of interest drive…
Fleeing Suspects Exchange Fire With Paterson Police During Labor Day Weekend Pursuit Fleeing Suspects Exchange Fire With Paterson Police During Labor Day Weekend Pursuit
Fleeing Suspects Exchange Fire With Paterson Police During Labor Day Weekend Pursuit Suspects fleeing a shooting exchanged gunfire with pursuing Paterson police, authorities confirmed Sunday. An officer tried pulling their car over after a 22-year-old city man was shot several times at the corner of East 22nd Street and 12th Avenue around 1 a.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Witnesses said it was a silver Buick. Someone in the vehicle began shooting at the pursuing officer, who returned fire, Valdes said. Responders said the police vehicle became disabled at at Van Houten and Straight streets and the assailants sped off. The officer wasn’t i…
Paterson Pair Charged With Murder In Dead-End Slaying Of City Man Paterson Pair Charged With Murder In Dead-End Slaying Of City Man
Paterson Pair Charged With Murder In Dead-End Slaying Of City Man GOTCHA! Two Paterson men were charged with murder and weapons offenses following the shooting death of a 28-year-old city man on a local street. Paterson police captured Jeremaih Rosado, 18, at a tire shop at East 22nd Street and Park Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. A second suspect, Imeir I. Tucker, 24, had surrendered two days earlier, they noted. Both remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in…
Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say
Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say Paterson police detectives stopped a stolen car driven by a 15-year-old city boy and found his passenger carrying a gun reported stolen out of New York State, authorities said. It was one of two stolen firearms recovered by the same team of investigators that day. Detectives Yamil Pimienta, Mohammad Bashir and Mustafa Dombayci knew the 2018 Hyundai with temporary Texas license plates that they spotted on East 23rd Street near 10th Avenue had been reported stolen out of the city last month, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They followed the vehicle and stopped it in the 300 block…
One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups
One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups Authorities charged a Paterson man with a shooting that led to a stabbing, a home invasion and a robbery just weeks apart. Angel Florian, 19, was accused of a Jan. 18 robbery on East 22nd Street in Paterson. Florian also shot at an 18-year-old city man and missed, after which another assailant stabbed the intended victim on North 4th Street the night of Feb. 6, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Thursday. The second assailant hadn’t been identified, they said. Florian also wielded a gun when he and two accomplices entered a Godwin A…