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Andrea Sayegh

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Paterson Vice: Police Raid Block-Long Strip Of After-Hours Cafés For Gambling, Booze, More Paterson Vice: Police Raid Block-Long Strip Of After-Hours Cafés For Gambling, Booze, More
Paterson Vice: Police Raid Block-Long Strip Of After-Hours Cafés For Gambling, Booze, More Gambling, hookah smoking and illegal alcohol sales sparked a series of Friday night raids along a dilapidated Paterson strip dotted with cafes. Accompanied by city firefighters and building inspectors, members of the Paterson Police ABC/Vice Division began hitting the joints around 10 p.m. “The establishments have been a significant source of complaints from concerned citizens in the area regarding quality of life complaints – specifically, loud music, illegal gambling, selling alcohol without a license, hookah smoking and functioning as “‘after-hours’ establishments until 5-8 a.m. in the m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot One of the last hookah lounges shut down by Paterson authorities is now a daycare center – so what will become of the latest, which was closed before dawn Saturday after authorities slapped the owner with 20 violations? Vice and ABC detectives, assisted by uniformed officers and city firefighters, found “various ignited hookahs pipes” when they raided the Besan Café on East Railway Avenue at 1:25 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized 69 hookahs and various accessories, as well as $1,657 in proceeds from the owner, Fhaid Abuawad, Speziale said. Police also found a Pietro Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns
Paterson Police Chase Group, Nab Two With Guns Paterson police on a special traffic detail chased down two men and seized a pair of handguns that they said they were carrying. The officers were part of a special operation Saturday that produced 434 traffic summonses, 17 other violations and 10 vehicle tows, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. At one point, Detective Sgt. Jack DeSalvo and Detective Ricardo Vazquez heard a radio transmission from headquarters advising that several men wearing all black clothing were seen with guns in the area of 150 Putnam Street. On their way to the scene, the detectives spotted a group on Warren Stree…

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by Jerry DeMarco