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Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff
Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff It might well have been a "concerned citizen" who authorities said led Passaic County sheriff's officers to an armed drug dealer and an ex-con wanted on a gun-related warrant out of Bergen County. Might've been a rival, considering the location -- one of the deadliest drug corners in Paterson. Or it could've been someone holding a grudge trying to get even. Whoever dropped the dime in the middle of Monday afternoon, Oct. 16, provided more than enough info, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. That included a description of what the purported gunman was wearing -- cream-colored …

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Shots Fired At Clifton Dunkin' Donuts Shots Fired At Clifton Dunkin' Donuts
Shots Fired At Clifton Dunkin' Donuts No one was struck in a shooting Wednesday night at a Dunkin' Donuts in Clifton, responders said. A bullet came through the window of the shop at the corner of Van Houten Avenue and Wonham Street following what apparently was a drive-by shortly after 9 p.m. July 12. The shop was open at the time, but there was no one inside or outside the store when it happened, a shaken employee said. City police and Passaic County sheriff's officers scoured the area, looking through backyards and into vehicles. The sheriff's Crime Scene Investigations Unit collected shell casings and other evidence and …

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Retired NJ Youth Supervisor, 78, Busted For Sharing Porn Of Kids Two To 8 Years Old Retired NJ Youth Supervisor, 78, Busted For Sharing Porn Of Kids Two To 8 Years Old
Retired NJ Youth Supervisor, 78, Busted For Sharing Porn Of Kids Two To 8 Years Old A retired New Jersey youth employee supervisor collected and shared child pornography that included images of victims as young as two years old, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Richard W. Smith, 78, of the Haskell section of Wanaque, emailed some of the images to himself, the sheriff said Friday. Berdnik said Smith, who runs a private car service, was busted by members of his Internet Crime Against Children Task Force during a raid of his second-floor apartment on Thursday. Smith remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Process…

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Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust
Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con From PA Caught Carrying Loaded Gun In Crack Bust An ex-con from Pennsylvania was carrying a loaded gun when Passaic County sheriff's detectives arrested him and a Paterson crack dealer, authorities said. Suprena Whitaker, 54, had an ounce of the drug with her when she was busted along with Dante Day, 39, of Steelton, PA, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Investigators also seized $382 in drug money, the sheriff said. Whitaker was charged with various drug offenses and Day with weapons counts, including having hollow-point ammo and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, he said. Both were sent to the Passaic County Jail…

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Badge Number Of Slain Paterson Police Officer Reassigned To Rookie -- His Sister Badge Number Of Slain Paterson Police Officer Reassigned To Rookie -- His Sister
Badge Number Of Slain Paterson Police Officer Reassigned To Rookie -- His Sister Local law enforcement history will be made Friday when Paterson Police Officer Bavennia Franklin Marks is assigned the badge number of her late brother, who was killed in the line of duty 13 years ago. Among many friends, family members and colleagues expected at the City Hall ceremony is her father, Larry Franklin, who made history himself when he became the Paterson Fire Department’s first black captain in 1995.  Also there will be Franklin's husband, Englewood native Daniel Marks, who’s a youth minister at Canaan Baptist Church in the city’s notorious 4th Ward. City Public Saf…

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Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Passaic County sheriff’s officers captured a Paterson ex-con who they said slashed another man’s neck. The 59-year-old victim flagged down a county sheriff’s officer on Grand Street just after noon Thursday, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a large cut on his neck and was expected to survive, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, and Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said Friday. Sheriff’s officers arrested Hector Santiago, 54, and charged him with attempted murder various weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possessi…

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by Jerry DeMarco