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Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say
Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Police who followed a blood trail after a 21-year-old Clifton man was stabbed in the back during a fight over a parking spot identified his assailant as an ex-con who’s already spent several years in prison for a series of violent crimes. Officers followed a blood trail along Van Winkle Avenue toward Passaic after responding to the 9 p.m. stabbing near Lake Avenue, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. They were quickly joined by a K9 team and crime scene detectives from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, he said. The officers began reviewing surveillance video along the trail and saw …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper
Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Two homeless men – one of them confined to a wheelchair -- mugged a Clifton resident coming out of a local supermarket, authorities said. Piotr Waszkiewica, 39, and wheelchair-bound Guy Shane Crocker, 53, approached the 66-year-old victim outside the Exito Supermarket in Botany Square on Tuesday and demanded $20, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When he refused, Waszkiewica and Crocker hit him, threw him to the ground and rifled through his pockets, taking $100, Bracken said. The took off, leaving the victim with facial injuries, he said. Detectives identified and arrested the pair Wedn…

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Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church
Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church A Clifton resident returning home before dawn was pistol-whipped and beaten unconscious by two masked robbers, said city police who sought witnesses. The 30-something victim, who was hospitalized with severe cuts on his face and head, told police he was attacked as he got out of his car on Fair Hill Road around 5:15 a.m. Sunday. One of the robbers hit him with a handgun during the beating, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. At one point, the victim apparently lost consciousness, Bracken said. His attackers then fled in at least one vehicle, he said. A Clifton Fire Department ambulance too…

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Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed
Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Clifton police believe a botched pre-dawn robbery Wednesday left a 20-year-old Passaic man with several stab wounds. The victim was treated at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for leg wounds before being released, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He'd been stabbed on Lake Avenue near Hope Avenue just after 4:30 a.m., he said.

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Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say
Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say A Clifton man accused last month of stealing tens of thousands of dollars of items – including packages from porches, tools and landscaping equipment – was caught pushing a brand-new stolen snowblower up the street, authorities said Wednesday. Kazimir Poplawski, 42, also had with a "torpedo" style heater – also stolen, they said. Poplawski, who has a history of drug offenses and probation violations in both Passaic and Bergen counties, spent six days in the Passaic County Jail before a judge ordered him released last month under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Police had charged him wit…

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Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted
Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton woman told police she scared off a burglar just three days after her apartment was broken into and ransacked. The woman said she was asleep in her bedroom on Lake Avenue near Van Winkle Avenue when the sound of someone trying to come in through the bathroom woke her around 9:20 a.m. Monday. She told police she made a noise to scare off the intruder, then saw a shadow run past her window, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Last Friday night, someone entered the same apartment through the bathroom window when no one was home and took jewelry and various other items…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80 Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80
Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80 CLIFTON, N.J. -- An 80-year-old Clifton woman had her pursue snatched from her hands by an underage thief, authorities said. The woman told police she approached by the boy, who began talking with her on Lake Avenue near the Botany Square Shopping Center around noon Tuesday before pushing her, yanking the purse away and running off with it, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. "No weapon was used or threatened, and the victim was not injured," he said. Anderson asked that anyone who might have seen something or has information that can help find whoever was responsible contact the Clifton …

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SEEN HIM? Three Caught, One Sought In Armed Street Robberies SEEN HIM? Three Caught, One Sought In Armed Street Robberies
Seen HIM? Three Caught, One Sought In Armed Street Robberies UPDATE: The man accused of shooting baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz has been wanted for a pair of street robberies in Clifton last year, Daily Voice has learned. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/man-accused-of-shooting-david-ortiz-was-wanted-in-clifton-street-robberies/770094/ ****** CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police turned to the public for help Tuesday finding a man suspected of participating in a pair of street holdups. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 23, of Paterson, was with a group of others who held up two men blocks apart last month, Detective Lt. Rob…

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by Jerry DeMarco