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UPDATE: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
Update: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the river below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief Luis Guz…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise
Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise A dispute between ex-cons ended with one shooting and killing the other outside a Passaic housing complex, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and Passaic police were assisted by federal agents when they captured Nysheem T. Mann, 32, during a traffic stop on Washington Street near Broadway in Paterson early Tuesday night, they said. Mann, of Paterson, was charged with gunning down Donyell Coley two days earlier in the parking lot at Speer Village, where the 41-year-old victim lived. Coley, who was struck several times, arrived at St. Mary’s Ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Man Shot, Killed Outside Housing Complex Passaic Man Shot, Killed Outside Housing Complex
Passaic Man Shot, Killed Outside Housing Complex A Passaic man was shot and killed shortly before dawn Sunday outside the city housing complex where he'd lived, authorities said. Donyell Coley, who was struck several times, arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in a private vehicle at 5:50 a.m. and was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later, they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman didn’t say whether a suspect had been captured or identified – only that Coley, 41, was shot in the parking lot at Speer Village. The public housing complex on Aspen Place was Coley’s most recent address, records …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project
Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project A 26-year-old Passaic man was shot in the neck overnight at a city public housing development, authorities confirmed. “Evidence of a crime scene was located outside and inside the building” at Speer Village on Aspen Place and State Street just off Route 21 shortly after 1 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment of the non-fatal wound, Valdes and Guzman said in a brief joint release. They didn’t say whether anyone in particular was suspected or had …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Police Bust 4, Summons Others In Outdoor Overnight Bash, Mayor Vows Continued Crackdown Passaic Police Bust 4, Summons Others In Outdoor Overnight Bash, Mayor Vows Continued Crackdown
Passaic Police Bust 4, Summons Others In Outdoor Overnight Bash, Mayor Vows Continued Crackdown A large and rowdy crowd didn’t like Passaic police breaking up their party in the middle of the night, leading to four arrests and a host of summonses at a city public housing complex, authorities said. It also prompted a stern warning from Mayor Hector Lora, who said that such quality-of-life offenses “will not be tolerated” and that police will continue to make arrests and issue summonses to violators. Possibly as many as 100 people were gathered on Aspen Place in the Speer Village complex when police who received several reports of loud music and drug and alcohol use arrived around 12:30…

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by Jerry DeMarco