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UPDATE: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms UPDATE: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms
Update: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms A Paterson police officer’s gun accidentally discharged during the arrest of a repeat offender from Sussex County after he led officers on a wild stolen car chase, authorities said. It took three days for Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes to confirm the incident from Monday night, Jan. 9. Members of the city’s Street Crimes Unit had tried to stop the vehicle around 9 p.m., but the driver kept going, Valdes said in a release. They pursued the vehicle down Katz Avenue into Haledon and then back into Paterson, says the release, issued shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. Office…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mount Olive PD: Good Samaritan Helps Police Catch Repeat Drug Offender With Heroin Mount Olive PD: Good Samaritan Helps Police Catch Repeat Drug Offender With Heroin
Mount Olive PD: Good Samaritan Helps Police Catch Repeat Drug Offender With Heroin A Good Samaritan boxed in a 33-year-old repeat drug offender from Fairfield with his car as he tried to make a U-turn in the middle of a busy street, authorities said. Officers responding to the helpful civilian's 911 call said they found William Pollock behind the wheel of a 2012 Chevy when they arrived on Emmans Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday. They also reported finding 45 glassine folds of heroin, hypodermic syringes, and 16 Alprazolam pills in his car. Pollock -- who records show has a heroin-arrest history spanning several years -- was arrested and charged with heroi…

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by Cecilia Levine