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No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held
No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held A state court judge in Paterson has refused to release a Midland Park man charged in a Prospect Park shooting. That defendant, Rahjshone Newkirk, 23, and borough resident Tylaire Clark, 22, had been sought by police after two people reported being shot at on Hopper Street around 6 p.m. Feb. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in a joint release. Their vehicle was struck, but the victims’ weren’t wounded, they said. Borough police nabbed Newkirk on North 8th Street last Thursday, May 12.  Despite a state bail reform law that …

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Paterson Trio Busted With Loaded Gun Following Prospect Park Police Pursuit Paterson Trio Busted With Loaded Gun Following Prospect Park Police Pursuit
Paterson Trio Busted With Loaded Gun Following Prospect Park Police Pursuit A Prospect Park police pursuit ended with the arrests of three Paterson residents caught with a loaded gun reported stolen out of Virginia, authorities said. Officer Yeisy Reyes tried pulling over their 2010 Honda Accord after it blew a stop sign on Hopper Street at Brown Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Walter Richmond said. Reyes pursued the sedan for several blocks before the driver, identified as Zavia Gainey, 23, pulled over at Fairview Avenue, Richmond said. Reyes and Sgt. Brian Koppenal found a .45-caliber Remington 1911 in the car, the captain said. They arr…

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Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign
Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign A Morris County driver who ran a stop sign was carrying 750 heroin folds for sale, Prospect Park police said. Officer Greg Williams stopped a 2019 Nissan Altima on Hopper Street and Belle Avenue shortly before noon Monday, Detective Sgt. Walter Richmond said. Williams arrested the driver, 20-year-old Jerelle Wright of Riverdale, after finding the heroin and a bag of pot, Richmond said. He charged Wright with drug possession counts, issued several summonses, then released him pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin
Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin A driver with outstanding warrants who just missed crashing into a parked car while backing up was carrying 300 envelopes of heroin stamped “ROLEX,” said Prospect Park police who arrested her. After stopping the sliver Audi on Hopper Street, Officer Craig Bonagura noticed that the driver, 33-year-old Shanea Dunbar, “making furtive movements toward the center console as if she was attempting to conceal something,” Capt. Ammen Matari said. Bonagura then spotted a clear bag containing the bundled heroin, Matari said. Dunbar – who had outstanding warrants out of Elmwood Park and East Orange --…

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by Jerry DeMarco