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Police & Fire
Paterson Man, 31, Killed In Fight
A 22-year-old Honduran national living in Paterson killed his cousin during a fight in a basement apartment, authorities said. Darwin Estrada-Cruz was seized after police called to the neighborhood at Straight Street and 16th Avenue found the body of Jose Estrada-Cruz, 31, shortly before 2 a.m. Monday, April 1. He was charged with first-degree murder, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. Estrada-Cruz remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance Tuesday afternoon, at which…
Police & Fire
Paterson Detectives Probing Teen Shootings Rammed By Vehicle, Juvenile Nabbed, Guns Seized
UPDATE: A Paterson police detective's car was rammed by a stolen vehicle tied to the broad-daylight shooting of two teenagers earlier this month, authorities confirmed on Thursday. Investigators from the city's Street Crimes Unit spotted the vehicle shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, said Isa Abbassi, the state-appointed temporary officer in charge of the Paterson Police Department. It matched the description of one connected to the shooting of an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman -- both from the city -- at the intersection of East Holsman Street and North Bridge Street in the…
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: Passaic Sheriff's Sergeants Legally Killed Suspect Who Pulled, Pointed Gun
A trio of Passaic County sheriff’s sergeants were justified in shooting a man who’d pulled a gun and pointed it directly at them following a foot chase in Paterson, a state grand jury has found. A gunshot detection sensor brought city police and sheriff’s officers to Park Avenue near Straight Street shortly after 1 a.m. on May 23, 2020. No victim was found, but police did recover three 9mm casings. A short time later, sheriff’s Sgts. Americo Escobar, Helman Fava and Jose Vargas spotted a large group of people gathered at Summit Street and Park Avenue. Attention there was focused on a man …
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Paterson PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Handgun, PCP
Paterson detectives seized a loaded handgun and an ounce of PCP from a Passaic ex-con while arresting him and two others, authorities said Friday. Responding to residents' complaints, investigators focused on the 16th Avenue neighborhood between East 18th Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested two men Thursday night who Speziale said were dealing: Ex-con Tariq Holly, 29, and Paterson resident Lamir Murray, 26, he said. Holly was released last November after spending 16 months in state prison on drug and weapons convictions out of Passaic …
Police & Fire
Paterson Police Seize Loaded Handgun, Shotgun Blocks Apart
Paterson police seized a pair of loaded guns barely an hour and a dozen blocks apart. Uniformed officers and Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir approached 15 or so people drinking and playing loud music near several double-parked vehicles on Lawrence Street outside Montgomery Park shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. A man in the crowd identified as city resident Rodney Alston, 25, turned away from the detectives and stuffed what turned out to be a 9mm SCCY handgun in the front pocket of his hoodie, Speziale said. Alston was arrested and sent to th…
Police & Fire
Gunman Fires Shot From AK-47 Into House During Paterson Police Chase
A gunman running from Paterson police fired a shot from an AK-47 that went into a home Tuesday night, authorities said. Detectives John Traynor and Mustafa Dombayci saw the gunman running with the rifle down 16th Avenue toward Rosa Parks Boulevard shortly before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and began chasing him, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. “At one point, he carelessly fired the weapon into the air with detectives still in pursuit,” Speziale said. The bullet went into a home, but no one was struck, he said. The detectives, meanwhile, took cover while continuing to follow the gunman, …
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Paterson Police Chase Down Ex-Con Home Invaders Who Kicked In Woman's Door, Seize Gun, Drugs
"They ran out the back door," a frightened Paterson woman told responding city police officers after two ex-cons bashed in her front door, looking for money. Officer James Iandoli and Wojciech Kulbabinski were quickly on the tails of the two intruders, chasing them through backyards and over fences on 16th Avenue Thursday night, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They headed east on Park Avenue toward Rosa Parks Boulevard, then abruptly turned left into the front gated area of a home, where one of them tossed a gun into a plastic blue recycling can. The pair then split up, running in opp…
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Heroes
: Paterson Officers Subdue Violent Gang Member Who Pulled Loaded Gun On Them, Police Say
A Bloods gang member with a history of violence pulled a loaded gun on two pursuing Paterson police officers during what became an intense struggle, authorities said. Danny Urena, a 27-year-old ex-con living in Passaic, ran when he saw partners Erick Marino and Joshua Serrano, who’d been told that a man in a sheepskin coat and ski mask was carrying a gun, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The officers began chasing Urena on 16th Avenue and were quickly joined by Officer Isiah Mills. Urena – also known as “Young Yb” – is known to police. Last year, he barricaded himself in his girlfriend…
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Possible Life Sentence Looms For 7-Time Convicted Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Paterson Carjacking
“Give me the car!” demanded an ex-con whom jurors this past week convicted of a Paterson carjacking. The jury in Paterson deliberated barely an hour before convicting Paul Myhand, 40, of two counts of carjacking. Myhand, who already had seven felony convictions, faces a possible life sentence because of his record and the severity of the crime, said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes. Whichever term the judge ultimately chooses, Myhand will have to serve at least 85% of it before the possibility of parole. The driver was accompanied by a passenger while parking his 1998 Toyota Camry…
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Authorities: 82-Year-Old Paterson Man Charged With Attempted Murder Amid City Shooting Spike
An 82-year-old Paterson man was charged with attempted murder for shooting another man during what has become a tumultuous pre-Christmas week in the Silk City. Another victim was killed in a rash of shootings in just over three hours Wednesday night, as a tumultuous week for the city continued. Police were looking for the shooter in that case, along with a few recent others. The escalating gunfire comes amid an ongoing FBI investigation that has produced guilty pleas from three city police officers and pending charges against two others. The body of Lexander Torres, 23, was found on …
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