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Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal
Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal Two detectives who witnessed a street drug deal in Paterson seized a loaded semi-automatic handgun, along with 169 heroin folds, a combined 88 bags and vials of crack and 112 Xanax pills, while arresting two city residents. Detective Mohammad Bashir of the city’s Street Crime Unit was on a special holiday details with Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Eugene Tolliver when they saw the deal go down near the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives stopped a car that pulled away for motor ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Paterson detectives found two men and a 16-year-old boy each carrying semi-automatic handguns barely a few hours apart, authorities said Sunday. Street Crime Unit Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova stopped a speeding SUV on Lafayette Street around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after it blew past a stop sign and other traffic-control devices, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they approached the vehicle, the driver -- identified as city resident Rammfis Luna, 45 – tried to hide what turned out to be a .380-caliber handgun, Speziale said. They arrested Luna, who the director…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say
Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say Paterson police on the lookout for a suspicious car found a loaded gun reported stolen out of Georgia during a subsequent traffic stop. Street Crime Unit Detectives James Jenkins and Rene Alicea had an eye out for the Honda sedan in connection with an earlier incident Saturday in the Totowa section of town, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They spotted it with two occupants in the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue and pulled it over around 1:40 a.m., he said. After Alicea spotted the handgun inside, he and Jenkins got the adult driver –identified as Dazon Johnso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun In Stolen-Car Stop Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun In Stolen-Car Stop
Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun In Stolen-Car Stop Paterson police seized a loaded handgun after stopping a stolen car. Detectives from the Street Crime Unit stopped the blue Chevy sedan at Broadway and Carroll Street around 11 p.m. Thursday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The investigators had received a bulletin earlier reporting the vehicle being stolen out of Massachusetts, he said. As they removed the driver and passenger from the vehicle, Detective John Farfan spotted the semi-automatic weapon, Speziale said. The driver, 22-year-old Bryant C. McLaurin of Paterson, was charged with weapons offenses and receiving stolen property…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Called To Street Fight Seize Illegal Handgun Paterson Police Called To Street Fight Seize Illegal Handgun
Paterson Police Called To Street Fight Seize Illegal Handgun Paterson police responding to a report of a late-night street fight seized a city man who they said pulled a semi-automatic handgun from his waistband and tossed it away as they approached him. Nazere Trent, 19, remained held in the Passaic County Jail on Monday following his arrest just after 11 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of 11th Avenue and East 23rd Street, records show. He was charged with illegal weapons offenses. Trent was with another man when Street Crime Unit detectives said they saw him ditch the gun, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives William Hermann and…

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Paterson Police Seize Stolen Assault Rifle, Semi Handgun, Bust 2 In Holdup Paterson Police Seize Stolen Assault Rifle, Semi Handgun, Bust 2 In Holdup
Paterson Police Seize Stolen Assault Rifle, Semi Handgun, Bust 2 In Holdup PATERSON, N.J. -- A 9mm semi-automatic handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle -- both reported stolen -- were recovered by Paterson police who grabbed two suspects after a brazen street robbery, authorities said. The driver of a Honda who was chasing a Jeep on Wednesday told members of the Street Crime Unit who pulled him over that he'd just been robbed at gunpoint, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives "immediately got behind the Jeep on Rosa Parks Boulevard, and followed it onto 12 Avenue, activating their emergency light in an attempt to conduct a motor vehicle stop,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco