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Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber
Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber A man who snatched two scooters in Garfield swung a crowbar at the pursuing owners but was quickly disarmed before being seized by Clifton police, authorities said. Julio Rivera, 45, of Vineland grabbed the scooters in Garfield and fled into Clifton pursued by the victims, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Rivera told his pursuers he had a gun, then began swinging the crowbar, the lieutenant said. Police who responded to the scene at Parker and Ackerman avenues found that they'd disarmed Rivera. He fought with police, who eventually subdued Rivera and took him into custody…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Detectives Capture Teens Who Stabbed Clifton Man In Chest During Street Robbery Police: Detectives Capture Teens Who Stabbed Clifton Man In Chest During Street Robbery
Police: Detectives Capture Teens Who Stabbed Clifton Man In Chest During Street Robbery Clifton detectives tracked down two boys – one of them 14 – who they said stabbed a city man in the chest while robbing him. The robbers also cut the 43-year-old Clifton victim on his face when they attacked him near the corner of Highland and Parker avenues on Jan. 3 before fleeing with $300 in cash, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and survived his injuries, Bracken said. Clifton detectives, meanwhile, identified both teens – 17 and 14 – and took them into custody on Tuesday with help from their colleagues in Passaic, the lieutenan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests
Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests One of two men chased down by Clifton police in separate assaults on women was carrying a knife, 41 folds of heroin and a crack pipe, authorities said. The incidents occurred within an hour of one another. Officers responding to a report of a 7 p.m. assault Wednesday at Norwood Avenue and Hazel Street began searching for 28-year-old Matthew Johnson of Clifton, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When they spotted Johnson on Circle Avenue soon after, he took off, Bracken said. They chased Johnson into Paterson, where they eventually tackled, subdued and arrested him after a lengthy struggle…

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by Jerry DeMarco