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Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police
Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police Paterson police avoided a tragedy when they subdued a wanted city man who tried to pull a gun on them as they moved in to arrest him for a shooting, authorities said. Police began searching for Yusef M. Page, 18, shortly after the 24-year-old victim from Hillside was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center at 1:20 p.m. Saturday with a non-fatal wound from a shooting on Broadway. When police spotted Page on Hamilton Avenue a short time later, he “attempted to pull a firearm from his waistband,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood
Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-year-old Paterson boys shot in one of the city’s most violent, drug-infested areas sustained only superficial wounds, authorities said. The boy were struck in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Summer Street shortly before 8:45 p.m. Monday, they said. All three were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and released following treatment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. They didn’t confirm reports that they incident might be tied to a fatal Sept. 22 shooting near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence An ex-con drug dealer tossed a stolen handgun during a foot chase and was nabbed trying to scale a backyard fence, Paterson police said. Responding to the 2:50 p.m. gun call at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue were Officer Ernest Lemay, Detective Michael Quinones and county prosecutor’s Detective Ricardo Ferreira of the Special Investigations Division Ceasefire Unit. Standing near the intersection, a gun in his hand, was 36-year-old Anthony Moore of Amity Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Seeing Lemay get out of his police cruiser, Moore bolted in the detectives’ directi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash Paterson detectives seized 6,250 bags of heroin and $1,600 in drug proceeds after chasing down an ex-con who fled during an attempted traffic stop, authorities said. The driver, identified as 24-year-old Cequan Wharton of Paterson, bolted through several Lake Street backyards before a trio of city detectives nabbed him emerging onto Summer Street following the Sunday night stop. A passenger who also fled the attempted stop remained at large, authorities said. Detectives from the department’s Special Investigations Division saw both suspects make several drugs sales on Rosa Parks Boulevard …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How? 15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How?
15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How? A 15-year-old boy was expected to survive after being shot Saturday night in Paterson, authorities said. The boy had already been taken by someone to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center when city police got word that there’d been a shooting around 8 p.m. in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard, authorities said. They didn’t say whether he might have shot himself or someone else did. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes asked that anyone who might have seen something or had information that could help identify the shooter contact here office’s tips line at 1-877-370-…

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by Jerry DeMarco