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13-Year-Old Paterson Drug Dealer Caught Packing A Pistol, Passaic County Sheriff Says 13-Year-Old Paterson Drug Dealer Caught Packing A Pistol, Passaic County Sheriff Says
13-Year-Old Paterson Drug Dealer Caught Packing A Pistol, Passaic County Sheriff Says A 13-year-old Paterson drug dealer was carrying a loaded gun when Passaic County sheriff's officers busted him and a customer from Bergen County on a city street corner, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Adam Sanchez, 27, of East Rutherford, had just pulled up in a Volkwagen when Passaic County Sheriff's Officer Peter Pelle and Ashraf Aburoumi approached them at the corner of Summer Street and Van Houten Avenue, the sheriff said. The juvenile admitted having the weapon, which turned out to be a 9mm Ruger P65DC loaded with eight rounds of ball-point ammo, he said. The gun…

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MURDER: Convicted Child Molester Charged In Shooting Death Behind Paterson Library MURDER: Convicted Child Molester Charged In Shooting Death Behind Paterson Library
Murder: Convicted Child Molester Charged In Shooting Death Behind Paterson Library A convicted child molester from Paterson was the gunman who shot and killed an out-of-county man behind the city public library last week, authorities said. Ex-con Jaquan Housey, 33, was charged with murder and weapons offenses in the slaying of Rodney Phelps, 39, of Warren County’s Washington Township. Responding officers found Phelps’s body in the middle of Van Van Houten Avenue between the library and the Edward W. Kilpatrick School shortly before 11:30 p.m. last Friday, Feb. 4. He’d been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Val…

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WHO IS HE? Police Try To ID Man Found Shot Dead Behind Paterson Library WHO IS HE? Police Try To ID Man Found Shot Dead Behind Paterson Library
WHO IS HE? Police Try To ID Man Found Shot Dead Behind Paterson Library Authorities were trying to identify a man found shot dead in the street behind the Paterson public library. Responding officers found the body on Van Houten Avenue between the library and the Edward W. Kilpatrick School shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Investigators were seeking witnesses who could help identify the man and whoever shot him. They asked that anyone who might have seen something or has helpful information contact the prosecutor’s tips line at 1-…

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Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op
Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op An undercover police officer posing as a john netted four veteran Paterson prostitutes who waved down and propositioned him, authorities said. The detective cruised the area of Van Houten Avenue and Auburn Street between the city public library and the Kilpatrick School on Friday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Arrested were Betty Morales, 47, and Nicole C. Paletta-Wright, 39, of Paterson, and Kristen D. Surlak, 34, of Fair Lawn, he said. Also arrested, at Broadway and East 18th Street, was Dawn M. Stapowick, 47, of Paterson, the director said. All were issued summonses …

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Paterson PD: Officer Nabs Sports Bar Burglar Paterson PD: Officer Nabs Sports Bar Burglar
Paterson PD: Officer Nabs Sports Bar Burglar Moments after a local sports bar was burglarized, Paterson police had a suspect in custody, authorities said Monday. Jose Luis Rosario, 39, of Paterson already was wanted in connection with another burglary when he broke in through the front door of the Colt Café on Church Street just before 8 a.m. Sunday and swiped the cash register, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Thanks to a witness’ description, Officer Fravlin Munoz found Rosario – cut up from the front-door glass -- in the area of Van Houten Avenue and Auburn Street, Speziale said. Officer Selba Perez assisted Munoz in identifyi…

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by Jerry DeMarco