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Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds
Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds Talk about gutsy. An ex-con from Paterson fired a pair of shots in a drug store robbery, then fled a second pharmacy holdup in Passaic empty-handed when employees there refused to comply, said federal authorities who now have him in custody. Antonio Rivera, 46, demanded Percocet, morphine and oxycodone at gunpoint in an unidentified Paterson drug store this past Feb. 8, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. An employee complied after Rivera fired a shot, Sellinger said. Another handed over cash from a register after Rivera squeezed off a second round, the U.S. attorney sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Philly Men, Teen Girl Charged In South Jersey Drive-By Shooting Philly Men, Teen Girl Charged In South Jersey Drive-By Shooting
Philly Men, Teen Girl Charged In South Jersey Drive-By Shooting Members of the U.S. Marshals Service captured a Philadelphia man and a teenage girl in connection with a South Jersey shooting last March, while one other suspect remains at large, authorities said. Antonio Rivera, 18, and the girl -- whose name is being withheld because she is a minor -- were charged in the March 4 shooting that injured a 23-year-old Pennsylvania man, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Riverside Township Police Chief William T. Eliason said. Billy Pirela, 22, was also charged in the incident and is considered to be a fugitive, authorities said.  Rive…

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by Cecilia Levine