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Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Jersey City: Authorities Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Jersey City: Authorities
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Jersey City: Authorities A woman was robbed at gunpoint by two men in Jersey City early Saturday morning, Sept. 9, authorities said. The woman said two men approached her at Marin Boulevard and York Street and brandished a gun, demanding her purse, which contained her ID, iPhone and credit card, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. The police Street Crime Unit canvassed the area and recovered the iPhone and returned it to the woman, Wallace-Scalfione said. The woman refused medical attention and no injuries were reported, Wallace-Scalfione said. The investigation is ongoing, Walla…

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by Sam Barron
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Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal
Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal Two detectives who witnessed a street drug deal in Paterson seized a loaded semi-automatic handgun, along with 169 heroin folds, a combined 88 bags and vials of crack and 112 Xanax pills, while arresting two city residents. Detective Mohammad Bashir of the city’s Street Crime Unit was on a special holiday details with Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Eugene Tolliver when they saw the deal go down near the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives stopped a car that pulled away for motor ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Paterson detectives found two men and a 16-year-old boy each carrying semi-automatic handguns barely a few hours apart, authorities said Sunday. Street Crime Unit Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova stopped a speeding SUV on Lafayette Street around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after it blew past a stop sign and other traffic-control devices, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they approached the vehicle, the driver -- identified as city resident Rammfis Luna, 45 – tried to hide what turned out to be a .380-caliber handgun, Speziale said. They arrested Luna, who the director…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say
Paterson Traffic Stop Turns Up Gun Reported Stolen Out Of Atlanta, City Police Say Paterson police on the lookout for a suspicious car found a loaded gun reported stolen out of Georgia during a subsequent traffic stop. Street Crime Unit Detectives James Jenkins and Rene Alicea had an eye out for the Honda sedan in connection with an earlier incident Saturday in the Totowa section of town, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They spotted it with two occupants in the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue and pulled it over around 1:40 a.m., he said. After Alicea spotted the handgun inside, he and Jenkins got the adult driver –identified as Dazon Johnso…

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by Jerry DeMarco