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Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Handgun Fights, Bites Clifton, Passaic Police: Authorities Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Handgun Fights, Bites Clifton, Passaic Police: Authorities
Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Handgun Fights, Bites Clifton, Passaic Police: Authorities A 23-year-old ex-con was carrying a loaded gun when he bit and punched Clifton police who caught him driving an SUV stolen out of Passaic, authorities said. Pedro Martinez of Passaic hit the gas of the Nissan Rogue when Officer Nicholas Garruto tried to stop him near the intersection of Highland and Lexington avenues shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, Lt. Robert Anderson said. Garruto followed the SUV into Passaic and through various streets before Martinez abruptly stopped in the Shop Rite parking lot on Paulison, got out and tried to run, the lieutenant said. The officer grabbe…

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SWAT STANDOFF: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle SWAT STANDOFF: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle
SWAT Standoff: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle A suspect in a stabbing set fire to his clothes, then began tossing furniture at police cars out the window of his second-floor Clifton apartment Thursday before a Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT team stormed in and seized him, authorities said. Police tried negotiating with the combative 32-year-old tenant after they determined the fire was extinguished in the Lexington Avenue apartment above a city business, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. But he only "became more angry and began to toss chairs and other hard objects from the second-floor window, damaging patrol cars that were parke…

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Arson Investigators Probe Clifton Fire Spree Arson Investigators Probe Clifton Fire Spree
Arson Investigators Probe Clifton Fire Spree Arson investigators Monday morning probed a trio of garbage can fires on the same Clifton block, authorities confirmed. No one was injured in the most recent blaze, a smoky 5 a.m. fire Monday that cleared a Highland Avenue home, authorities said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze and vented smoke from the home with fans. The Red Cross tended to the residents. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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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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Clifton Detective Breaks Foot Chasing Immigrant Wanted By ICE Clifton Detective Breaks Foot Chasing Immigrant Wanted By ICE
Clifton Detective Breaks Foot Chasing Immigrant Wanted By ICE A Clifton detective broke his foot chasing a man who, it turned out, was wanted by ICE, authorities said. Investigators and uniformed officers who joined them found the man hiding in the rafters of a shed after a lengthy pursuit that began in the area of Hope and Highland avenues last Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He’d bolted after the detectives tried to talk with him, then struggled while being taken into custody, Bracken said. Authorities released the man after processing him on charges of resisting arrest and minor drug possession. The detective, meanwhile, received tr…

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Clifton Homeless Man Mugged On New Year's Eve By Three Fellow Street Dwellers Clifton Homeless Man Mugged On New Year's Eve By Three Fellow Street Dwellers
Clifton Homeless Man Mugged On New Year's Eve By Three Fellow Street Dwellers A trio of street dwellers mugged a fellow homeless man in broad daylight in Clifton on New Year’s Eve, authorities said. One of the assailants tried to stab him, but the victim’s jacket prevented the blade from penetrating, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The two men – believed to be in their 30s or 40s – and a woman in her late 50s or early 60s approached the victim at 1:15 p.m. near the intersection of Parker and Highland avenues, Bracken said. The men threatened to hurt him while the woman rifled through his pockets, the lieutenant said. One of them then pulled a knife and tried to …

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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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