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'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (VIDEO) 'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (VIDEO)
'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (Video) A live-streamed Passaic City Council meeting was disrupted by antisemitic hackers spewing racial slurs. Just more than 17 minutes into the Oct. 24 meeting, the hackers interrupted Mayor Hector Lora praising the city's police department (scroll for video). "Jews did 9/11. Israel did 9/11. Jews [unintelligible]. Shut up [racial slur]. You're a [racial slur]. Alright, so when are we going to put these Jews in these..." The mic cuts out. Passaic's Mayor and Council reflects the city's diverse population, being comprised of Orthodox Jewish, Latino, and Black members.  Officials request the ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
MANHUNT: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83 MANHUNT: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83
Manhunt: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83 Authorities released the name and a photo of the accused hit-and-run driver who they said killed an 83-year-old Hawthorne man as he crossed the street near his home. Juan Martinez Gonzalez, who recently lived in Hawthorne, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 that struck Joe Bender as he crossed Wagaraw Road at Passaic Avenue -- near the Fair Lawn border -- shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center. Police found the pickup abandoned in the City of Passaic on June …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Guatemalan National Living In Paterson Admits Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen In Passaic For 3 Years Guatemalan National Living In Paterson Admits Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen In Passaic For 3 Years
Guatemalan National Living In Paterson Admits Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen In Passaic For 3 Years A 48-year-old Guatemalan national living in Paterson admitted sexually assaulting a City of Passaic pre-teen multiple times over a period of more than three years, authorities said. Jose Elmer Enriquez will be sentenced to a plea-bargained 12 years in state prison, more than 10 years of which he must serve before he’ll be eligible for parole. Enriquez has remained jailed since he was arrested in July 2020 following an investigation by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes’s Special Victims Unit. Alerted by Paterson police, the unit investigators interviewed the child and various wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles
Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Thankfully no one was hurt in a wild pursuit in the City of Passaic in which several vehicles were struck by an out-of-control driver. The driver was captured after hitting two police vehicles while going the wrong way down a one-way street and then mistakenly turning into a dead end Thursday night, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Carlos A. Tejada, 29, was headed down Jefferson Street from Main Avenue when his vehicle struck a police unit occupied by an officer coming from the opposite direction near Hope Avenue around 8 p.m. April 27, Lora said. Tejada hit another police car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WILLOWBROOK BRAWL: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say WILLOWBROOK BRAWL: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say
Willowbrook Brawl: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old rival at the Willowbrook Mall during a weekend brawl between two groups from the City of Passaic, police said Monday. There had been an “ongoing issue between them that involved a previous fight in another location,” Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said on March 6. The boy was found at the entrance to the food court with a stab wound in his thigh around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the captain said. The boy who stabbed him fled with others in his group toward the Cinemark movie theater, Daly said. As officers from Wayne, Fairfield and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court
Mall Stabbing: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old rival at the Willowbrook Mall during a weekend brawl between two groups from the City of Passaic, police said Monday. There had been an “ongoing issue between them that involved a previous fight in another location,” Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said on March 6. The boy was found at the entrance to the food court with a stab wound in his thigh around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the captain said. The boy who stabbed him fled with others in his group toward the Cinemark movie theater, Daly said. As officers from Wayne, Fairfield and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says
These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says Want to know where it's presumably safer to live, work and dine in New Jersey? Gov. Phil Murphy released a ranking of the lowest vaccination rates among Garden State cities and townships on Monday, along with a new "Operation Jersey Summer" campaign to reach underserved communities. The governor focused on 16 communities with 10,000 or more residents -- where less than 40% of those eligible got an initial shot. Lakewood Township, which met the most initial resistance to wearing masks, has the lowest vaccination rate, at 10%, according to Murphy. Irvington and Pemberton townships tied for…

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by Jon Craig