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Chamberlain Avenue, Paterson, NJ

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GOTCHA! Accused Shooter ID'd, Murder Charges Filed In Paterson Drive-By GOTCHA! Accused Shooter ID'd, Murder Charges Filed In Paterson Drive-By
Gotcha! Accused Shooter ID'd, Murder Charges Filed In Paterson Drive-By UPDATE: The cold-blooded drive-by killing of a 26-year-old Paterson man nine months ago was cracked with the arrest of a city resident, authorities announced Tuesday. The victim, Marvin Lavezarri, was with two other people in a car parked near the corner of Berkshire and Chamberlain avenues shortly before 9 p.m. Jan. 23 when another vehicle pulled up and a gunman opened fire, they said. Lavezarri was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun In Passaic County Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun In Passaic County
Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun In Passaic County A passenger in a taxi cab stopped for a traffic violation wasn't only wanted out of Pennsylvania -- he was also carrying a loaded gun, police in Haledon said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci stopped the Paterson cab after the driver failed to signal a turn at the intersection of West Broadway and Chamberlain Avenue shortly after noon Wednesday, Sept. 21, Capt. George Guzman Jr. said. The officers immediately noticed that the rear-seat passenger -- identified in records as Miguel Ortiz, a 23-year-old Dominican national from Paterson -- wasn't wearing a seatbelt, the captain said. The of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE HER? Police Say She Robbed A Paterson Bank Of More Than $5,000 RECOGNIZE HER? Police Say She Robbed A Paterson Bank Of More Than $5,000
Recognize HER? Police Say She Robbed A Paterson Bank Of More Than $5,000 Paterson police turned to the public for help Wednesday in trying to catch a woman who robbed a local bank of more than $5,000. Wearing a blue hooded jacket and blue-and-white scarf, the robber handed a teller at the Wells Fargo branch on Chamberlain Avenue a crumpled note on Monday (inset photo above), surveillance video of the holdup shows. The teller, in turn, gave her a flattened red pouch filled with cash. Wells Fargo was offering a $2,500 reward to anyone who could provide information leading to the robber’s arrest. Anyone who knows her, sees her or has information that could help c…

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by Jerry DeMarco