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Sussex County Chef, Landscaper, Devoted Dad Of 2 Dies After 'Stoic' Brain Cancer Battle, 30 Sussex County Chef, Landscaper, Devoted Dad Of 2 Dies After 'Stoic' Brain Cancer Battle, 30
Sussex County Chef, Landscaper, Devoted Dad Of 2 Dies After 'Stoic' Brain Cancer Battle, 30 Sussex County chef, landscaper, and dedicated dad Ariel De Jesus Rosado died on Sunday, Oct. 2 following a "stoic" battle with brain cancer. He was 30. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ariel moved to Clifton in 2004 and lived in Passaic before settling in Vernon, where he lived at the time of his death, his obituary says. Ariel worked as a chef and was also a production manager at Brightview Landscaping in Boonton. Ariel’s diagnosis with hypermutation glioblastoma came at the beginning of March, according to a GoFundMe launched for his medical support shortly after. Ariel under…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training
Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training A Passaic police captain will soon begin a prestigious FBI training class. Capt. Gabriel Guzman is the city’s first police officer in 20 years to be accepted into the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Less than one-half of 1% of police officers worldwide are ever invited to the specialized 10-week program, which is designed to enhance the physical and mental capabilities of ranking officers. Participation is by invitation-only and is awarded through a nomination process. Courses included law, behavioral science, forensic science, terrorism, leadership de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed At Newark Airport With Cocaine Sewn Into His Clothes Sentenced Man Nabbed At Newark Airport With Cocaine Sewn Into His Clothes Sentenced
Man Nabbed At Newark Airport With Cocaine Sewn Into His Clothes Sentenced A citizen of the Dominican Republic was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in prison for attempting to smuggle three kilos of cocaine into the United States.  Jose Manuel Jiminez Jiminez, 47, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in February after flying in from Santo Domingo. During a pat-down screening, officers discovered the narcotics sewn into the vest he was wearing.  Jiminez Jiminez, who previously pleaded guilty to illegally importing more than 500 grams of cocaine, will be subject to deportation when he's released.  

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History
Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History Retired former New York Mets players Octavio Dotel and Luis Castillo were among several people arrested or named by authorities Tuesday in one of the biggest international drug-trafficking rings in their native Dominican Republic’s history. Dotel, 45, who at one time also pitched for the Yankees, was arrested and second baseman Castillo, 43, identified as a member of the cocaine and opioid empire of César “The Abuser” Peralta, who remained a fugitive, Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said Tuesday. The case was the “largest operation against organized crime ever conducted in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges A federal grand jury in New Jersey on Thursday indicted the Paterson man accused of shooting baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz on heroin- and cocaine-dealing charges. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 25, also is charged in the indictment returned in Newark with carrying a gun while committing a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Ferreira-Cruz has been imprisoned in the Dominican Republic on attempted murder charges since the June 9 attempt on the former Red Sox superstar's life earlier this month. He's been wanted, as well, for a pair of street robberies in Clifton last year. Ferrei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies
Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies 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. Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, 25, of Reading, PA, “admitted that he was the person who fired at former baseball player David Ortiz,” the National Police in the Dominican Republic said in a release. “The investigators indicated that the weapon used was a pistol mark HI-POWER” that was recovered after another man hid it, the National Police said. They also said that Cruz – known as “Sandy” – was among a group of seven men offered $7,800 to s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest
Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest A Dominican national got off a flight at Newark Airport with 6½ pounds of cocaine sewn into his vest, said federal authorities who seized him moments later. Jose Manuel Jimenez Jimenez, 46, arrived from Santo Domingo on Friday and was busted by officers during a screening, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday. He was scheduled for a detention hearing in court Monday afternoon and was expected to remain in federal custody. Carpenito credited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, New Jersey Division and officers of Customs and Border Protection. As…

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by Jerry DeMarco