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Paterson PD: Mom With 3 Kids Among Group Busted In Drug Supply House
From a small Paterson apartment up the street from a grammar school, an area supplier provided street-level drug dealers with heroin, cocaine and crack, authorities said following a raid.
Led by detectives from their Narcotics Division, city police seized more than two pounds of crack and powdered cocaine combined, along with 1,560 heroin folds and more than $5,900 in proceeds, they said.
They arrested five people, they said, including a woman who lives in the Main Street apartment with three of her children.
Also collected were various materials used to package the drugs for sale.
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One Dead, Another Injured In Paterson Street Shooting
One man was killed and another was injured in a Monday night Paterson street shooting, authorities confirmed.
Dashon Mayfield, 30, was struck several times near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 22nd Street just after 10:30 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement.
He was pronounced dead soon after at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, they said.
A second victim, Tymir Leary, also 30, showed up at St. Joe's with what responders said were gunshot wounds in his leg.
Leary was admitted in stable condition, Valdes…
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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Convicted Robber Fires Shot During Paterson Holdup, Authorities Charge
PATERSON, N.J. – An ex-con robbed two victims with hours of one another, firing at shot at one of them, said Passaic County authorities who teamed up to arrest him.
Timothy Simmons, 29, who spent two years in prison after a 2013 robbery spree, first pulled a gun on a 44-year-old city woman just after 7 a.m. Monday on East 22nd Street, authorities said.
Less than three hours later, they said, he robbed a 27-year-old city man on Crosby Street – firing a handgun as he fled but missing the victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.
Simmons was due in court Friday after a joint i…