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Paterson PD: Detectives Find Driver With Loaded Gun, 1,000 Heroin Folds, High-Capacity Mag Paterson PD: Detectives Find Driver With Loaded Gun, 1,000 Heroin Folds, High-Capacity Mag
Paterson PD: Detectives Find Driver With Loaded Gun, 1,000 Heroin Folds, High-Capacity Mag Paterson detectives busted a 19-year-old city driver who they said had a loaded gun in his pocket, 1,000 heroin folds on the front seat and a 50-round ammo magazine stashed underneath it. Omarion Corporan was alone when he pulled up to a double-parked sedan on East 28th Street between 22nd and 23rd avenues, handed over some money and collected a white plastic bag, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Narcotics Division detectives followed Corporan in his Nissan Sentra -- with Florida license plates -- then stopped and swooped in on him at the intersection of Alabama Avenue and E…

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Dealer Who Produced Deadly Opioids In Basement Across From Paterson Mayor's Home Gets 10 Years Dealer Who Produced Deadly Opioids In Basement Across From Paterson Mayor's Home Gets 10 Years
Dealer Who Produced Deadly Opioids In Basement Across From Paterson Mayor's Home Gets 10 Years A dealer who produced lethal opioids in a fortified basement drug mill across the street from the mayor of Paterson's house was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, authorities said. Silk City police had seized 17,000 folds of heroin and fentanyl -- as well as packaging and distribution materials -- while arresting Rafael “Chiquito” Brito and his girlfriend, Rosanny Prado, during a March 2020 raid on their East 36th Street residence across from Mayor Andre Sayegh's home. The drugs were linked to at least 10 overdose deaths of both local and suburban buyers, authorities said at the time. …

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