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Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen
Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen A Passaic man and a Dominican national – both 60 years old – have been sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in trafficking 13 pounds of cocaine. Cellphone video captured the DEA arrest of Ramon “Rafael” Fabian-Pena in January 2020. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark sentenced Fabian-Pena to 2½ years in federal prison during a videoconference last week, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. On Thursday, the judge sentenced Jose Reyes of the Dominican Republican to nearly six years, she said. Both must serve just about all of their terms because there’s no parole in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him
Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him A distraught 17-year-old boy drowned in the Passaic River Friday night after he jumped off a bridge between Passaic and Wallington, authorities said. The Lakeview Learning Center student jumped off the Market Street bridge in front of his father shortly before 6:30 p.m., responders said. Two city police officers, showing no regard for their own safety, jumped right in after him. "We were trying to help him," a ranking officer told Daily Voice. "He jumped in, so we went in to try and rescue him. It's such a tragedy." Sgt. Robert Cancel and Officer Paul Zapata waded through waist-high mud …

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by Jerry DeMarco