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Trio Nabbed In Passaic Home Invasion Shooting: Prosecutor Trio Nabbed In Passaic Home Invasion Shooting: Prosecutor
Trio Nabbed In Passaic Home Invasion Shooting: Prosecutor Three people have been arrested in connection with a home invasion shooting that injured a 28-year-old Passaic man earlier this month, authorities said. Farad Anthony and Sahad Burgos, both 31 of Passaic, assaulted the victim and fired a handgun in his direction during the incident at home on Market and Morris streets just before 8 a.m. May 4, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The victim was not struck and was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in a private vehicle for treatment of non life-threatening injuries, Valdes said alongside local police. Car…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two From Lodi Hospitalized In Chain-Reaction DWI Crash In Passaic Two From Lodi Hospitalized In Chain-Reaction DWI Crash In Passaic
Two From Lodi Hospitalized In Chain-Reaction DWI Crash In Passaic An SUV driver from Passaic was charged in a chain-reaction DWI crash that sent two occupants of another vehicle to the hospital, responders said. The 40-year-old Passaic man was headed west on Passaic Street when his 2005 Honda CRV struck a parked Nissan Frontier near Market Street around 8 p.m. Sunday, they said. The Frontier struck a parked Hyundai Accent and then crossed the center lane and hit an eastbound 2014 Volkswagen Passat occupied by a 30-year-old driver and 66-year-old passenger, both women, from Lodi. The women were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run
Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Wasting little time, a 27-year-old Passaic driver admitted severely injuring another city resident in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash last fall. Matthew Cancel didn’t wait for a grand jury to determine whether the case should proceed, pleading guilty Friday to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving serious bodily injury. Cancel admitted he was behind the wheel of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz that struck the 64-year-old victim at Market and Hudson streets last Oct. 25, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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4 Juveniles Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Tumbles Into Passaic River 4 Juveniles Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Tumbles Into Passaic River
4 Juveniles Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Tumbles Into Passaic River Police nabbed four juveniles after they bailed out of a stolen car that landed in the Passaic River in Clifton. Miraculously, none of them were seriously injured, authorities said. Undercover Passaic police officers tried to pull the sedan over on northbound Route 21 Wednesday night when the driver hit the gas, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. The vehicle -- reported stolen Sunday from Market Street -- sped off as the officers pulled back out of concern for conditions on the snow-slicked road, Lora said. Soon after, it careened off the highway and landed in the drink just north of Ackerman…

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by Jerry DeMarco