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GOTCHA! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor GOTCHA! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor
Gotcha! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor An elite team of investigators captured a 23-year-old Wallington man who they said robbed two 7-Elevens on either side of the Passaic River by threatening workers with a large knife. Tymear Haskins grabbed an employee from behind as the victim took out the trash in back of the 7-Eleven on Main Avenue in Wallington shortly before 4 p.m. April 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. After making the employee convince a co-worker to open a locked side door, Haskins tied one of them with a cord and held the other prisoner in a back office while demanding the code to a safe, the prosecuto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Smoky Post-Christmas House Fire Ravages Passaic Home Smoky Post-Christmas House Fire Ravages Passaic Home
Smoky Post-Christmas House Fire Ravages Passaic Home A smoky house fire in Passaic went to four alarms the day after Christmas. No injuries were immediately reported in the blaze, which ignited in a Van Buren Street home near Central Avenue around 11 a.m., Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. "All tenants are reported to be out and safe," the mayor said around noon. "Nobody appears to be in the building." Firefighters were quickly removed after a partial ceiling collapse, Lora said. They had two ladder trucks and multiple hand lines in operation. Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Although smoke met them at the scene, the fire may have b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Somerset Man Charged In Passaic Shooting Somerset Man Charged In Passaic Shooting
Somerset Man Charged In Passaic Shooting Authorities announced Friday that a Somerset County man surrendered to police nine days earlier in connection with a shooting in the city of Passaic. Joshua A. Villegas, 21, of Somerville, “was identified as one of the individuals involved” in the Central Avenue Jan. 17 shooting of a 21-year-old city resident, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint announcement with Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman. They didn't say how many others may have been involved. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for a non-fatal gunshot wound, Valdes and Guzman s…

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by Jerry DeMarco