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Cianci Street, Paterson, NJ

BLOODY SUNDAY: Woman, 22, Becomes Third Paterson Weekend Gunshot Victim To Die BLOODY SUNDAY: Woman, 22, Becomes Third Paterson Weekend Gunshot Victim To Die
Bloody Sunday: Woman, 22, Becomes Third Paterson Weekend Gunshot Victim To Die UPDATE: A 22-year-old woman became the third victim to die from a daylong weekend shooting spree in Paterson, authorities confirmed. Two 19-year-old men also were gunned down in the series of shootings in three different Paterson neighborhoods. Mary Taylor was hospitalized in critical condition after responders said she was shot in the head during an apparent drive-by near the corner of Van Houten and Cianci Street outside Lou Costello Park shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. Police briefly chased the suspected vehicle – a burgundy Hyundai – before the pursuit was terminated out of s…
Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says
Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says UPDATE: A woman deliberately set a fire last summer that roared through a string of attached mixed-use buildings in Paterson -- displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters – during an argument with a tenant, authorities charged. Authorities didn’t suggest a possible motive when they announced that detectives had arrested Yanit Valdez, 38, of Manhattan 10 days after the massive Aug. 3 fire on Cianci Street. However, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson this week accuses Valdez of lighting paper towels on a couch to settle an argument in an upper-floor apartment. Fla…
Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew
Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew The doors were locked and the windows tinted or covered up while parties inside raged hours past the 10 p.m. COVID curfew. Paterson vice squad detectives raided three legitimate businesses-turned-speakeasies whose operators apparently thought no one was looking, authorities said Saturday. One of them wasn't even a bar, they said. Another, La Fuente Bar on Ellison Street, had its front security gates down and patrons ducking in through a back door after being cleared by the manager, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives knocked more than once, but the manager, 49-year…
Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50 Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50
Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50 Flames blew through a string of attached mixed-use buildings on Cianci Street in Paterson on Monday, displacing 60 people, city officials said. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the fire, which broke out on the upper floors of an attached three-story, wood-frame building and spread through the cockloft, blowing through the roof, shortly after 1 p.m. The fire quickly went to four alarms, with three buildings involved. Firefighters continued to keep water on the blaze four hours after it began. At least 20 families were displaced, said the Red Cross, which was finding them fo…
Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof
Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof A Paterson man critically stabbed a woman before jumping to his death from the roof of a nearby building, authorities said. The body of Esaul Morales, 38, was found on the sidewalk after he stabbed the 26-year-old victim in a Cianci Street apartment around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition with stab wounds on Thursday, they said. “The investigation remains active and ongoing,” Valdes and Bayc…
One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting
One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting One of two men shot overnight Sunday in Paterson died, authorities said. Keeping with her previous procedure, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes didn’t say whether they had any suspects in custody or identified in the 1:30 a.m. shooting atr the corner of Ellison and Cianci Street near the Lou Costello memorial. Pronounced dead at the scene was city resident Richard Henry, 38, Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a release. Wounded was Carlos Munoz, 23, also of Paterson, who was in stable condition at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Responders said …
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson A 17-year-old boy turned up at the hospital after being shot in the leg overnight in Paterson, responders said. The shooting apparently occurred at Cianci Street and Van Houten streets around 1:50 a.m. Police arrived to find the victim got to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with a bullet wound in his lower right leg, responders said.
Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase
Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson police officer fired a shot at a fleeing driver who was caught after a chase of nearly 15 miles before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. The officer approached Terrance Nelson, 26, of Jersey City, in the area of Cianci and Market streets around 2:30 a.m. “as part of an investigation in progress,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Nelson got into a car, however, and “pulled away while refusing police commands to stop,” she said. “During the encounter, one round was discharged from the officer’s department-issued handgun,” the prosecutor said. “A …