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GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It
Gruesome Scene: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It UPDATE: Doctors hoped to save the severed half of a 67-year-old pedestrian's right leg after a horrific accident in Paterson, authorities said. At the request of St. Joseph's University Medical Center physicians, responders quickly got the severed limb to the hospital, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A driver apparently had suffered a medical episode on Union Avenue and hit the victim at Manchester Avenue, pinning him against a parked car shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Speziale said. Police, firefighters and EMTs who converged on the scene found the victim on t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash
Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash Passaic County sheriff's detectives crashed a drug deal that led to the seizure of 682 heroin folds and $4,458 in illegal proceeds, as well as the arrest of the 57-year-old Paterson dealer and his 37-year-old Fair Lawn customer, authorities said. The investigators watched as Henry Hiemstra III exchanged a half-dozen bags of heroin for cash from Shawn Baron in broad daylight near the intersection of Union and Manchester avenues shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Both then began walking toward Wayne Avenue when the detectives moved in. Hiemstra, who…

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Authorities: Swift-Moving Paterson Police Officers Capture Fleeing Street Robbers Authorities: Swift-Moving Paterson Police Officers Capture Fleeing Street Robbers
Authorities: Swift-Moving Paterson Police Officers Capture Fleeing Street Robbers A squadron of Paterson police officers responding to a pair of armed robberies before dawn Wednesday found two suspects hiding in a backyard, authorities said. Police were searching for four thugs who robbed a 40-year-old city man at gunpoint in the 300 block of Crosby Avenue and a 57-year-old resident around the corner on Manchester Avenue just after 4 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The robbers reportedly were dressed all in black, wearing masks, with one carrying a handgun, he said. The four suspects had been walking in the middle of James Street, coming from Ryerson Ave…

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by Jerry DeMarco