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Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle
Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle Quick-moving Paterson police detectives grabbed a Garfield man as he reached for a loaded gun during a traffic stop, authorities said. Alerted by a tipster, the Narcotics Division detectives saw Brian Rochester, 23, “brandishing what appeared to be a short-barreled assault rifle” near the corner of 16th Avenue and Carroll Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Rochester then put the weapon in the back seat of a car nearby and got into the front passenger seat before the vehicle pulled away, Speziale said. After the detectives stopped the near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Str…

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by Jerry DeMarco