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Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two
Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two Clifton police charged two men with pistol-whipping another during a street robbery. His assailants rushed the 26-year-old victim as he got out of his car on Sheridan Avenue around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken They fled with jewelry, a designer bag, and other valuables after hitting him with what turned out to be a fake gun, Bracken said. Responding officers converged on the scene and captured Modino Garcia, 19, of Clifton, the lieutenant said. The weapon and procceds were found in nearby yards, he added. Police identified a second suspected -- Devon Soto, 24, of Welling…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Clifton Fugitive Accused Of Stabbing City Man In Back Captured In Newark Flophouse GOTCHA! Clifton Fugitive Accused Of Stabbing City Man In Back Captured In Newark Flophouse
Gotcha! Clifton Fugitive Accused Of Stabbing City Man In Back Captured In Newark Flophouse Clifton detectives assisted by U.S. marshals captured a city man wanted for stabbing another man in the back last summer, authorities confirmed Friday. Authorities began searching for Jamar Hendley, 37, after the victim, also 37, was stabbed in a single-family home on Sheridan Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. last Aug. 3. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson for non-fatal stab wound in his lung, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said. City detectives tracked Hendley to a South Newark flophouse and, ass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Theft-Turned-Robbery: Boy, 15, Slams Clifton Liquor Store Employee Into Display Case Theft-Turned-Robbery: Boy, 15, Slams Clifton Liquor Store Employee Into Display Case
Theft-Turned-Robbery: Boy, 15, Slams Clifton Liquor Store Employee Into Display Case A 15-year-old boy slammed a Clifton liquor store employee into a display case before running out with two bottles of alcohol, said police who tracked him down Tuesday night. The Paulison Liquors employee confronted the boy when he tried to walk out with the bottles, then got pushed into the case just before 9:30 p.m., Detective Robert Anderson said. The employee wasn’t injured, Anderson added. Police reviewed surveillance footage and began to check the surrounding areas for the teen. An officer spotted him barely a half-hour after the call near the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and Thir…

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by Jerry DeMarco