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Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home
Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home UPDATE: Friends of a man shot in Paterson Friday night brought him to a Rochelle Park nursing home, where he was later pronounced dead, responders said. "They were trying to find a hospital and dropped him off" at Alaris Health at 96 Parkway instead, one responder said. The victim -- identified as Riquelvin Burgos-Nunez, 24, of the Bronx --  apparently had been shot through a car door on East 31st Street between 11th and 12th avenues around 9 p.m., authorities said. "He continued driving until he crashed into another vehicle and came to a stop in the area 749 Broadway," Passaic C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Seize 430 Bags Of Heroin, 44 Of Coke, $4,223 Drug Cash, Bust Four Paterson Detectives Seize 430 Bags Of Heroin, 44 Of Coke, $4,223 Drug Cash, Bust Four
Paterson Detectives Seize 430 Bags Of Heroin, 44 Of Coke, $4,223 Drug Cash, Bust Four Paterson police detectives seized 430 bags of heroin, 44 bags of coke and nearly a half-pound of pot in a series of busts. They also confiscated $4,223 in suspected drug money, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday. Police charged two men – Shamir Wade, 26, and Shaheem Austin, 33 -- with having the heroin at Wade’s second-floor East 31st Street apartment, Speziale said. They also seized $869 in drug proceeds from Austin and $121 from Wade, he said. Caught with the cocaine and $1,842 in drug cash at East 21st and Ellison streets was Gregorio Penaranda, 44, the director said. …

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Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase
Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase A Paterson mom snitched on her drug-dealing son after he tried hiding from detectives who’d seen him toss 450 bags of heroin during a foot chase, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Bernik said. Another man was arrested, as well, when he tried blocking the sheriff’s officers while repeatedly cursing at them, Berdnik said. Members of his narcotics bureau had seen 22-year-old Marquis L. Wedderburn park a Kia sedan near the dead end of East 31st Street, the sheriff said. Wedderburn left the car running as he got out, he said, then approached another vehicle at the intersection of 14th Avenue. …

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by Jerry DeMarco