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Paterson Detectives Chase Down Suspect, 19, Recover Loaded Gun, Magazine, Drugs Paterson Detectives Chase Down Suspect, 19, Recover Loaded Gun, Magazine, Drugs
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Suspect, 19, Recover Loaded Gun, Magazine, Drugs A 19-year-old Paterson man who bolted as city detectives approached dozens of people drinking on a street corner was carrying a loaded gun with a defaced serial number, authorities said. The Special Investigations Division detectives chased Mekhi Porter through several back yards after he took off from the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Warren Street, where nearly 100 people had gathered shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, March 18, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives John Traynor, Kenneth Kerwin, Wojciech Kulbabinski, and Suquan Gary eventually chased down Porter on Mercer…

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Paterson Woman Struck By Gunfire From Outside Home Paterson Woman Struck By Gunfire From Outside Home
Paterson Woman Struck By Gunfire From Outside Home A Paterson woman was in her second-floor apartment when she was wounded by a burst of gunfire from outside, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after she was struck multiple times at her home off the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Warren Street shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim said in a joint release. The chief and prosecutor didn’t say whether they believe the woman was targeted from outside or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. They…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Man, 20, Charged With Shooting City Boy, 16 Paterson Man, 20, Charged With Shooting City Boy, 16
Paterson Man, 20, Charged With Shooting City Boy, 16 Authorities charged a 20-year-old Paterson man with shooting a 16-year-old city boy over the Labor Day weekend. Jamar Ray, who has a recent history of drug-related arrests in Paterson, was charged with attempted murder and illegal weapons possession. The boy was taken by private vehicle to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the shooting behind a corner storefront at shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, authorities said. The victim had been “with a group in the area of Mercer Street and Warren Street when one of the individuals began shooting, striking [him] several times,” P…

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Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say
Stolen Gun Found In Stolen Car Driven By Paterson Boy, 15, Police Say Paterson police detectives stopped a stolen car driven by a 15-year-old city boy and found his passenger carrying a gun reported stolen out of New York State, authorities said. It was one of two stolen firearms recovered by the same team of investigators that day. Detectives Yamil Pimienta, Mohammad Bashir and Mustafa Dombayci knew the 2018 Hyundai with temporary Texas license plates that they spotted on East 23rd Street near 10th Avenue had been reported stolen out of the city last month, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They followed the vehicle and stopped it in the 300 block…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dreadlocked Gunman Who Fled Identified, Caught, Paterson PD Says Dreadlocked Gunman Who Fled Identified, Caught, Paterson PD Says
Dreadlocked Gunman Who Fled Identified, Caught, Paterson PD Says Paterson detectives captured a gunman who fled from them last week, authorities said. Memphis Morales, 18, was relatively easy to identify because of his blond-tipped, shoulder-length dreads and a multi-colored tie-dyed shirt wrapped around his waist, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Morales ran from detectives who’d approached him and nearly two dozen men who were blocking a sidewalk at the corner of Keen and Mercer streets last Tuesday, Speziale said. Morales ran down Rosa Parks Boulevard toward Warren Street, tossing a gun as he went, the director said. It turned out to be a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns
Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns Paterson police on a special traffic detail chased down two men and seized a pair of handguns that they said they were carrying. The officers were part of a special operation Saturday that produced 434 traffic summonses, 17 other violations and 10 vehicle tows, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. At one point, Detective Sgt. Jack DeSalvo and Detective Ricardo Vazquez heard a radio transmission from headquarters advising that several men wearing all black clothing were seen with guns in the area of 150 Putnam Street. On their way to the scene, the detectives spotted a group on Warren Stree…

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by Jerry DeMarco