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Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot
Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot Najee Seabrooks gripped two bloody knives, at least one of which he'd been cutting himself with in his bathroom, as a knot of Paterson police officers in tactical gear tried to talk him into surrendering, video released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on Thursday shows. Seabrooks, a respected and admired non-violence activist, was in the middle of what family members said was apparently a drug-induced mental health crisis that March 3 morning. He held two knives within view that he refused to let go of and told police that had a gun, which state Attorney General Matthew Platkin…

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3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says 3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says
3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says UPDATE: Three Paterson police officers first employed “less lethal force” before two others shot and killed a local non-violence activist who was in the middle of a mental health crisis last week, the state’s top law enforcement official said Wednesday. Tensions were rising in the city as New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin formally identified Najee Seabrooks, who was killed during the nearly five-hour confrontation at his home last Friday, and the officers who were directly involved in a release on Wednesday. Mayor Andre Sayegh, who has been criticized by community leaders for …

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Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down
Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down A 38-year-old Paterson man was shot and killed on a city street Saturday morning. Responding officers found him with a single gunshot wound outside an Elm Street home near Mill Street shortly before 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. The victim, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, was taken in traumatic arrest to nearby St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, they said. Valdes and Ribeiro classified the shooting as a homici…

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ANATOMY OF A DRUG BUST: Paterson Detectives Smash Street-Level Crew At Familiar Corner ANATOMY OF A DRUG BUST: Paterson Detectives Smash Street-Level Crew At Familiar Corner
Anatomy OF A Drug Bust: Paterson Detectives Smash Street-Level Crew At Familiar Corner A street-level drug operation that opened for business off a highly-trafficked corner in Paterson around 7 a.m. each day had reached an estimated $90,000 a month in sales before city detectives put a stop to it, authorities said. Investigators seized two pounds of cocaine, dozens of pills and more while arresting six people during an investigation centered on a corner that pours constant traffic onto southbound Route 19, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also found a ledger that kept detailed track of sales, he said. The crew's primary bases of operation were an apartment ab…

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364 Days In Jail For Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Severely Injured Female Pedestrian 364 Days In Jail For Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Severely Injured Female Pedestrian
364 Days In Jail For Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Severely Injured Female Pedestrian A 28-year-old Paterson man was sentenced to a plea-bargained 364 days in prison for fleeing a crash that seriously injured a city woman. Joshua Dumeng, 28, doesn’t have to begin serving his sentence at the Passaic County Jail until May 7, under a deal with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes’s office. He’ll be on probation for five years after his release and will have his driver’s license suspended for two years under the terms of the deal. Dumeng was driving a 2004 Acura TL when he struck the 62-year-old victim on Mill Street last Dec. 9, Valdes said. He sped off, leaving the s…

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Paterson PD: Street Busts Yield 10,000+ Heroin Bags, $16,500 In Drug Cash, Dozens Of Arrests Paterson PD: Street Busts Yield 10,000+ Heroin Bags, $16,500 In Drug Cash, Dozens Of Arrests
Paterson PD: Street Busts Yield 10,000+ Heroin Bags, $16,500 In Drug Cash, Dozens Of Arrests An unrelenting series of streets busts by Paterson police have yielded nearly 10,000 bags of heroin, more than $16,500 in drug money, a few illegal handguns and dozens of arrests the past few weeks, authorities said. The biggest haul – 8,900 folds of heroin -- was taken from 29-year-old Don Gonzalez, 23-year-old Shacell Nugent and 24-year-old Jocquice Timmons while they and others were being taken into custody during a quick strike at 10th Avenue and East 29th Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Police also seized more than $4,000 from the trio, Speziale said. The second-biggest b…

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by Jerry DeMarco