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Death Of Paterson Santa Tops Passaic New Last Week

PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. — Here's a look at the five stories that topped news in Passaic County last week:

Many considered Ray Beesley of Paterson the 'real Santa."

Many considered Ray Beesley of Paterson the 'real Santa."

Photo Credit: northjerseysanta.com

RIP, SANTA: The man who many considered the “Real Santa Claus” and the most popular Santa in North Jersey passed away Friday.

SWIPER, NO SWIPING: An off-duty Lodi police officer led his Wayne colleagues to a 23-year-old township man who they said was following delivery trucks and swiping packages off porches.

CARJACKING: A frantic mother desperately tried to hold onto the steering wheel as a Paterson carjacker drove off with her three children -- ages 2, 4 and 5 -- in the back seat Friday morning, authorities said.

IT'S LIT, CHECK OUT THESE LIGHTS: If it didn't rain this week, Marc DeSomma's Fair Lawn home would have already been shining brightly.

CHILD PORN TRAFFICKING: Passaic County sheriff's investigators tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children arrested a Bloomingdale man on Thursday who they said was trafficking in online child pornography.

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