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Driver Who Waved Handgun In Haledon Road Rage Is From Town: Police Driver Who Waved Handgun In Haledon Road Rage Is From Town: Police
Driver Who Waved Handgun In Haledon Road Rage Is From Town: Police A driver who threatened another motorist with a gun in Haledon turned out to be a local resident, authorities said. Jonathon Sisco, 24, was identified by borough detectives following "the brandishing of a firearm and threats towards a male victim" at the intersection of Mangold Street and Belmont Avenue (photo) this past Monday, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said on Thursday, April 25.The were assisted by the responding officers, Sgt. George Kelly and Officer Rubel Jimenez, the chief said.Sisco was arrested on Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and i…
Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff
Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff It might well have been a "concerned citizen" who authorities said led Passaic County sheriff's officers to an armed drug dealer and an ex-con wanted on a gun-related warrant out of Bergen County. Might've been a rival, considering the location -- one of the deadliest drug corners in Paterson. Or it could've been someone holding a grudge trying to get even. Whoever dropped the dime in the middle of Monday afternoon, Oct. 16, provided more than enough info, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. That included a description of what the purported gunman was wearing -- cream-colored …
Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Woman, Injured Man, 83, In Paterson Charged With Death By Auto Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Woman, Injured Man, 83, In Paterson Charged With Death By Auto
Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Woman, Injured Man, 83, In Paterson Charged With Death By Auto A speeding hit-and-run driver who authorities said killed a woman and injured an 83-year-old man when his van jumped the curb on a busy Paterson street was charged with vehicular homicide, among other counts. City resident Jose Tremols-Acosta, 62, swerved across double-yellow lines before his van mounted the sidewalk near the corner of Broadway and Rosa Parks Boulevard and struck the victims shortly after noon Thursday, Oct. 5, multiple witnesses told police. Tremols-Acosta bailed out and tried to run but was quickly captured by city officers, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and…
Peruvian Nationals Charged With Stabbing Man, 50, In Paterson's Peru Square Peruvian Nationals Charged With Stabbing Man, 50, In Paterson's Peru Square
Peruvian Nationals Charged With Stabbing Man, 50, In Paterson's Peru Square Two Peruvian nationals were nabbed by Paterson police right after they stabbed a 50-year-old city man downtown, authorities said. Bryan Canales-Arias, 29, and Ernesto Canales-Arias, 23, who also live in the city, were seized shortly after the victim was stabbed near the corner of Main and Market streets – in the area known as Peru Square -- shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with what Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi described in a brief release as m…
UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders
Update: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: A young dad from Passaic who escaped after being charged with parental abduction ended a manhunt when he surrendered late Monday, authorities confirmed. Isaiah Felix, 20, of Passaic had been arrested by Clifton police and charged with unlawfully entering a residence in town and taking his young son without permission on Sunday, July 2. Felix was arrested without incident after police found him with the boy at a relative's home a short time later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The child wasn't in any danger, they said. Officers who took Felix to the Passaic County Jail …
Woman, 18, Shot In Passaic, Arrest Quickly Made Woman, 18, Shot In Passaic, Arrest Quickly Made
Woman, 18, Shot In Passaic, Arrest Quickly Made A Passaic police officer seized a city man who authorities said was carrying a loaded handgun after an 18-year-old woman was shot during a large fight over the weekend. Roger Palacios, 25, was taken into custody following the brawl, which involved weapons, off the corner of Bergen and Fourth streets shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, June 18, they said. Aid was immediately rendered to the victim, who was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson with a wound that wasn’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and City of Passaic Police Chief L…
Two Pounds Of Deadly Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized From Storage Unit, Passaic County Sheriff Says Two Pounds Of Deadly Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized From Storage Unit, Passaic County Sheriff Says
Two Pounds Of Deadly Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized From Storage Unit, Passaic County Sheriff Says Nearly two pounds of fentanyl and a stolen handgun were found stashed in a storage unit by a Paterson man seized by Passaic County sheriff's detectives, authorities said. Narcotics investigators who arrested Silvio Mendez, 33, also found more than a pound of marijuana and a high-capacity magazine loaded with 17 rounds of 9mm ammo, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The street value of the fentanyl alone is nearly $40,000, the sheriff said. The investigators conducted court-approved searches at Mendez's garden apartment on 27th Street, his Dodge Durango and a storage unit on Gr…
GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust
Gotcha! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust UPDATE: A homeless man who fled Paterson police custody even though he was about to be released now finds himself jailed on an escape charge after being captured by detectives. Justin Ranko, 22, wasn’t exactly on the crime-fighting priority list in Paterson, where authorities and citizens have been dealing with shootings on both sides of the law lately. He was being processed for a minor drug bust when he bolted from the cellblock area of Paterson police headquarters on Feb. 16. Ranko managed to remain free for nearly three weeks before narcotics investigators from the Passaic County Pros…
Recently Freed Crackhead Ex-Con Tries Robbing Route 23 Pump Jockey At Knifepoint: Wayne PD Recently Freed Crackhead Ex-Con Tries Robbing Route 23 Pump Jockey At Knifepoint: Wayne PD
Recently Freed Crackhead Ex-Con Tries Robbing Route 23 Pump Jockey At Knifepoint: Wayne PD A crackhead ex-con who’d been released from state prison last year had just filled the tank of his pickup truck when he pulled a knife on a Wayne gas station attendant, authorities said. The worker refused to hand over any money and the driver fled, they said. It wasn’t tough for detectives to identify Michael Zita, 37, of Oak Ridge, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Zita had a violent history. He'd served 4½ years for robbery, as well as burglary, following a trio of incidents in Morris and Passaic counties in 2015, records show. The investigators kept Zita under surveillance for awhile bef…
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD A Paterson man with a history of drug-related arrests was seized by Haledon police who reported finding 120 heroin folds, 16 bags of crack and 50 Ecstasy pills in his car after they stopped him for speeding. Keith Clyburn, 49, also had heavily-tinted front and rear windows on the Chrysler SUV stopped by Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci in the 100 block of Belmont Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. Jan. 27, Capt. George Guzman said. Clyburn, whose driver's license had been suspended, suddenly exited the vehicle after stopping and began to tip away, ignoring the orders of the officers, who quick…
Passaic Pedophile Sexually Assaults Kidnapped 5-Year-Old Girl, Authorities Charge Passaic Pedophile Sexually Assaults Kidnapped 5-Year-Old Girl, Authorities Charge
Passaic Pedophile Sexually Assaults Kidnapped 5-Year-Old Girl, Authorities Charge You can hardly get your mind around it: A 44-year-old pedophile from Passaic kept a 5-year-old girl captive while sexually assaulting her in his car, authorities charged. The victim is familiar with Oscar Fuentes-Sierra, 44, who was arrested without incident this week by members of the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, authorities said. Fuentes-Sierra is charged with aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping, as well as child endangerment and sexual assault, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a brief release. The incident occu…
STABBED TO DEATH: Clifton Man Charged With Killing Cousin STABBED TO DEATH: Clifton Man Charged With Killing Cousin
Stabbed TO Death: Clifton Man Charged With Killing Cousin A 25-year-old Clifton man is charged with stabbing his 22-year-old cousin to death on New Year’s Eve. Motasem Ramadan fought with police who arrested him following the fatal stabbing at a home across the street from a city elementary school around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Officers responding to the two-family home on Van Cleve Avenue near School No. 12 found Waleed Ramadan with multiple stab wounds to his neck and face, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. Waleed (photo below) was pronounced dead a short …
Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15
Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 A trio of teens were all found armed with loaded guns after a brawl broke out at JFK High School in Paterson and two juveniles threatened to shoot up the place, authorities said. Officers stationed at the school separated the students and found one of them, a 17-year-old, carrying a handgun, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro announced Sunday, Dec. 18. A 14-year-old involved in the Friday morning hallway brawl was seized after he was “overheard by responding officers threatening to commit a shooting in the school,” they said in a prepar…
GOTCHA! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall GOTCHA! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall
Gotcha! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall The driver of a stolen car stopped by Wayne police called in a bomb threat at the Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall in the hopes of distracting them, authorities charged. Capt. Michael McNiff wasn’t fooled. While units responded to the 911 call at the mall, McNiff reminded officers on the road that it could be a diversionary tactic, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Sure enough, the call was traced to Shaquanda White, 30, of East Orange, who was driving a Honda Accord that had just been stopped by Officer Chris Savitsky outside the Yard House restaurant at Willowbrook, the captain said. The se…
Street Dealer Nabbed With Two Guns, Raw Heroin, Crack, Ammo, More, Passaic Sheriff Says Street Dealer Nabbed With Two Guns, Raw Heroin, Crack, Ammo, More, Passaic Sheriff Says
Street Dealer Nabbed With Two Guns, Raw Heroin, Crack, Ammo, More, Passaic Sheriff Says Passaic County sheriff's officers seized a street dealer with two guns, various drugs for sale and an assortment of packaging materials, authorities said. Detectives with Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik's Fugitive Warrant Squad and Emergency Response Team assisted with the arrest of Lamont D. Baker, 30, as he left his Paterson home on Thursday, Sept. 29. Berdnik said searches of Baker's home and vehicle following a two-week investigation turned up: several grams of raw heroin; nearly two dozen bags of heroin that had been stepped on for sale, in folds labeled "NEXT LEVEL" in green ink and "ROL…
Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More
Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More Passaic County sheriff’s detectives nabbed three men who they said had more than 75 heroin folds, a couple dozen vials and baggies of crack and nearly a dozen Ecstasy pills among them. Members of the department’s Bureau of Narcotics and Fugitive Warrant Squad first spotted Nahdir Gonzalez, 29, “continuously entering and exiting a white colored Nissan Altima” near the corner of Essex and Madison streets in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Thursday. Gonzalez passed what appeared to be drugs to the two others – identified as Rajaheem Alston, 26, and Tyheem Reese, 30, the sheriff said.…
Two Guns, Drugs Seized, Three City Men Arrested By Paterson Detectives Two Guns, Drugs Seized, Three City Men Arrested By Paterson Detectives
Two Guns, Drugs Seized, Three City Men Arrested By Paterson Detectives Three Paterson men were arrested by police detectives who reported finding guns, high-capacity magazines and drugs in a pair of separate busts. Detectives Luis Roca and Joseph Aboyoun were watching a group gathered around a car at the corner of Clinton and North 6th Streets when it suddenly pulled away, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They notified fellow Detectives John Traynor, Kenneth Kerwin and Mustafa Dombayci, who stopped the vehicle near the corner of Mattock and Temple streets. They found a .357-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol along with 59 vials and 18 ba…
Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities
Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities A Passaic County man was charged with threatening to lure a local police captain into a traffic stop so he could shoot him and chop his head off, authorities said. Jante Bagh, 41, called the Prospect Park Police Department on Tuesday and said he would lure the captain into a stop, “pop one in his head” and then cut it off, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Bagh, who lives in Prospect Park, was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats and harassment. He remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Cour…
Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed
Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed An 18-year-old drug dealer who was slinging crack outside the same Paterson mini-market where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month was caught with a loaded gun fitted with a high-capacity magazine, authorities said. Javarus Patterson tried to flee the corner of Essex and Madison streets but was quickly captured by Detectives John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci, Kenneth Kerwin and Luis Roca, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Patterson was carrying a .380-caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun equipped with a ”drum”-style magazine capable of firing more than 30 rounds…
Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair
Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair If a pair of drug dealers thought they'd keep a low profile in a quiet Paterson east side neighborhood, they were mistaken, police said. Detectives seized nearly 1,300 heroin folds, a combined 73 Percocet and Xanax pills, 20 bags of crack and a half-pound of pot during warranted searches, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also arrested Jeremy Rodriguez, 23, who lives at the Trenton Avenue residence a block and a half down from School No. 25, and Bloomfield resident Arismendi Acosta, 18, on various drug charges, he said. Both men were sent to the Passaic County Jail to await …
Paterson Gun Busts: Detectives Nab Separate Offenders, Each 19 Paterson Gun Busts: Detectives Nab Separate Offenders, Each 19
Paterson Gun Busts: Detectives Nab Separate Offenders, Each 19 Paterson police detectives caught two 19-year-old men each carrying a handgun in separate weekend incidents, authorities said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta, John Rickowich, Muhammed Dombayci and Levis Qirjako were on a detail aimed at reducing guns and violent crime in city neighborhoods when they spotted Jose Cardenas acting suspiciously in the area of Carroll Street and 12th Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they exited their vehicle, Cardenas ducked into a neighborhood grocery store, Speziale said. The detectives found him in an employee a…
Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson
Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson UPDATE:  A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and…
One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash
One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash UPDATE: A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street …
GOTCHA! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman GOTCHA! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman
Gotcha! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman UPDATE: A Paterson ex-con wanted in connection with the shooting of a city woman earlier this year was carrying a gun when police tracked him down, authorities said. Laquan Coleman, 33, tried to run but was quickly captured by city detectives shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, they said. No arrests have yet been announced in the March 20 shooting of the 26-year-old victim near the corner of Beech and Essex streets. Coleman, however, “was identified as an actor in possession of a handgun during the incident,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint release with Pater…
Authorities: Paterson PD Nabs Fleeing Dealer With 90 Bags Of Heroin, Coke, Loaded Glock Authorities: Paterson PD Nabs Fleeing Dealer With 90 Bags Of Heroin, Coke, Loaded Glock
Authorities: Paterson PD Nabs Fleeing Dealer With 90 Bags Of Heroin, Coke, Loaded Glock A 22-year-old Paterson dealer had been carrying a fully-loaded handgun and 90 combined bags of heroin and cocaine when he tried to run following a traffic stop, authorities said. The female driver was pulled over by Detectives John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci and Kenneth Kerwin after she blew a stop sign at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Lafayette Street in a late-model Nissan, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Her passenger, Savion Balmer, suddenly bolted, Speziale said. The detectives chased Balmer up Lafayette Street and onto Mercer Street, then through a residential rear yard be…
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized 11,450 heroin folds, more than five ounces combined of unpackaged heroin and cocaine and a loaded gun from a convicted felon from Woodland Park, authorities said. Jemell Carter, 39, was stopped by the investigators on Summer and Fulton streets in Paterson following a drug deal on Jackson Avenue in Woodland Park on Tuesday, April 19, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. In his car, Berdnik said, they found: the 9mm Hi-Point handgun; 700 heroin folds; the unpackaged drugs; illegally obtained pot; $2,522 in drug cash. With Carter's consent, …
Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den
Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den Twin brothers with criminal records were among five men arrested by Paterson police during a raid on a local drug den that they said yielded hundreds of illegal prescription pills, heroin, cocaine and more. Detectives watched as a 31-year-old Garfield man bought several Oxycodone pills at a second-floor Pacific Street apartment near Main Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They followed the buyer, arrested him when he was out of the area, then raided the apartment, he said. Speziale said the detectives found: 151 Xanax pills; 106 Oxycodone pills; 37 Adderall pills; s…
Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash
Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash Passaic County sheriff's detectives busted a Paterson man with 730 heroin folds, an ounce of crack and nearly $1,500 in drug cash, authorities said. Manuel Ramos, 44, was charged with drug offenses and sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson following his arrest early Thursday, April 14, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Narcotics detectives seized Ramos while conducting a warranted search of Ramos's Butler Street home around 6:15 a.m., the sheriff said. The seized drugs were worth about $4,000 combined on the street, he s…
Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities
Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities An ex-con tossed a loaded handgun as he ran from Paterson police, authorities said. Bilal McFadden, a 25-year-old purported gang member, bolted when the investigators approached him at the corner of Clinton and North 6th streets shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, April 11, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Suquan Gary, John Traynor, and Mustafa Dombayci and uniformed officers chased McFadden, who discarded a .40-caliber semi-automatic Smith & Wesson that slid under a parked vehicle. Traynor ended up catching him in a North 7th Street backyard. McFadden was sent to the Pa…
Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge
Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge A 34-year-old Paterson man was charged with sexually assaulting a child in Clifton several years ago. Jonathan Monet was arrested after detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit interviewed the alleged victim and multiple witnesses, authorities said. The detectives began investigating after Paterson police alerted them in late March to allegations that Monet sexually abused the child at a home in Clifton between September 2016 and September 2017, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Authorities ended up charging him this week with aggravated s…
Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust
Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust An ex-con from Pennsylvania was carrying a loaded gun when Passaic County sheriff's detectives arrested him and a Paterson crack dealer, authorities said. Suprena Whitaker, 54, had an ounce of the drug with her when she was busted along with Dante Day, 39, of Steelton, PA, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Investigators also seized $382 in drug money, the sheriff said. Whitaker was charged with various drug offenses and Day with weapons counts, including having hollow-point ammo and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, he said. Both were sent to the Passaic County Jail…