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TENSE STOP: Clifton Police Find Gun, Extended Mag In Passenger's Waistband, 2nd Firearm In Car TENSE STOP: Clifton Police Find Gun, Extended Mag In Passenger's Waistband, 2nd Firearm In Car
Tense Stop: Clifton Police Find Gun, Extended Mag In Passenger's Waistband, 2nd Firearm In Car A passenger who struggled with Clifton police during a tense overnight traffic stop had a semiautomatic handgun with an extended 27-round magazine tucked into his waistband, authorities said. Officers arrested him and two companions while also seizing a second gun with a magazine that held 33 rounds of mixed standard and hollow-point bullets, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. Both 9mm Polymer80 handguns had their serial numbers removed, the lieutenant said. Officer Nicholas Garruto stopped the purple 2013 Dodge Charger on Main Avenue just over the city line in Passaic after witnessi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles
Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Thankfully no one was hurt in a wild pursuit in the City of Passaic in which several vehicles were struck by an out-of-control driver. The driver was captured after hitting two police vehicles while going the wrong way down a one-way street and then mistakenly turning into a dead end Thursday night, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Carlos A. Tejada, 29, was headed down Jefferson Street from Main Avenue when his vehicle struck a police unit occupied by an officer coming from the opposite direction near Hope Avenue around 8 p.m. April 27, Lora said. Tejada hit another police car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought UPDATE: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought
Update: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought A 40-year-old man was reported in stable condition after being stabbed at a bus stop in Passaic. A Be On the Lookout was issued for a white Porsche Cayenne occupied by two males and a female following the stabbing on Main Avenue at Burgess Place, around the corner from Grand Elementary School, around 2 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora was at the scene, "making sure everything's going smoothly around the school." There was no immediate danger to anyone in the area, he said, adding that police were actively investigating the incident. The area at the bus stop on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Praying No One Was In There’: Fire Destroys Abandoned Passaic Home, Squatter Search Continues ‘Praying No One Was In There’: Fire Destroys Abandoned Passaic Home, Squatter Search Continues
‘Praying No One Was In There’: Fire Destroys Abandoned Passaic Home, Squatter Search Continues Authorities were hoping no squatters were inside a vacant Passaic home destroyed by fire on Wednesday. “The property was abandoned,” Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said after firefighters doused the blaze at Main Avenue and Temple Place. “However we are investigating and still searching to confirm whether it was empty. “I am praying no one was in there.” Flames were blowing through the roof of the dilapidated 2½-story home when firefighters arrived shortly after 7 a.m. They were forced into an exterior attack right from the jump, as the roof, floors and exterior sections began to fall in. Fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell
Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell Adonis Reyes had been free all of six weeks after serving 2½ years in state prison for a gun conviction when Passaic police investigating a shooting caught him with a loaded handgun and 265 heroin folds this past weekend, authorities said. Not only that: Reyes, 28, set fire to the holding cell at Passaic police headquarters and assaulted a city officer and EMT who tried to help him, they said. Police responding to a report of shots fired in the area of Main Avenue and Washington Place found Reyes in the passenger seat of a nearby motor vehicle shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, April 24, investi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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3 Adults, 2 Kids Hospitalized As Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Mayor Says 3 Adults, 2 Kids Hospitalized As Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Mayor Says
3 Adults, 2 Kids Hospitalized As Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Mayor Says UPDATE: Three adults and two children were hospitalized as a fierce fire roared through the upper floors of a mixed-use building in Passaic late Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Flames blew out the second-floor windows in the middle of three brick buildings that each house street-level businesses off the corner of Main and Harrison avenues. Being treated at St. Mary's Hospital for smoke inhalation were five victims, Lora said: A 65-year-old woman, another woman in her 40s, a 19-year-old man and two children.  Firefighters contained the blaze to the single building, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70 Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70
Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70 A Passaic driver was drunk when she sped off after hitting a 70-year-old pedestrian last month, authorities said. Luisa Eusebio-Urena, 37, surrendered at city police headquarters in connection with the April 11 crash, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman announced Thursday. The victim had been crossing Main Avenue near Pennington Avenue when he was struck and seriously injured around 5 a.m. that day, they said. He was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Police charged Eusebio-Urena with DWI assault by auto, leaving the scene of a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic
Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic A 13-year-old Passaic boy was hospitalized after being struck while riding a scooter by an SUV driven by an unlicensed city resident, authorities said. Abel Perez-Perez, 51, received two summons – for not having a driver’s license and causing bodily injury -- after his 2009 Nissan Rogue hit the youngster in the 800 block of Main Avenue shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, they said. The boy was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Despite other media reports, the boy’s injuries weren’t that serious, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Firefighters Douse Suspicious Storage Room Blaze Passaic Firefighters Douse Suspicious Storage Room Blaze
Passaic Firefighters Douse Suspicious Storage Room Blaze Arson investigators were summoned after a trash fire in the basement of a mixed-use building in Passaic was quickly doused Sunday. Sprinklers helped contain the two-alarm blaze to the storage room on the Exchange Place side of the six-story building on Main Avenue after it broke out shortly before 2 p.m., responders said. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash
Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Three Passaic firefighters were treated for injuries that authorities said weren't life-threatening after an engine headed to a call collided with a minivan. The fire truck was headed east on Paulson Avenue, its lights flashing and sirens blaring, around 1 p.m. Sunday when the 50-year-old driver told police he slowed down at the Main Avenue traffic signal. After getting the attention of the northbound and southbound motorists, he said, he continued on. At that point, a northbound Honda Odyssey driven by a 30-year-old Passaic man passed a stopped vehicle on the right, police said. The Odys…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Police Officer Injured In Crash Passaic Police Officer Injured In Crash
Passaic Police Officer Injured In Crash A Passaic police officer was hospitalized after a crash that toppled a utility pole. "Thankfully it's a one-car accident and the officer is doing well," Deputy Police Chief Jonathan Schaer said after Friday night's crash at Main Avenue and Prospect Street. "We expect his injuries to be minor and that he'll make a full recovery." The busy intersection remained closed while the crash was investigated and repairs were made. The wrecked city police SUV was towed. Specifics about the crash, including the cause, won't be available until the investigation was completed, authorities said. "He is…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ambulance Crashes In Passaic Ambulance Crashes In Passaic
Ambulance Crashes In Passaic An ambulance headed to a call Thursday afternoon collided with a Jeep in Passaic. City firefighters had to pop the door to rescue two St. Clare's Health Systems EMTs after airbags deployed in the crash on Passaic Avenue near the Main Avenue intersection shortly after 1:30 p.m. Both were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that police said weren't considered life-threatening. The Jeep driver appeared OK. Police were investigating. Meanwhile, Passaic Avenue remained closed between Exchange Place and Main Avenue. An investigation was continuing following the crash…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat
Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat An unthinkable outcome was avoided after a woman left her two young children in her car while she ran into a Passaic bodega on Wednesday, authorities said. The youngsters -- ages 5 and 7 -- were in the back seat when a local drug user who apparently was under the influence entered the Mercedes Benz E350, parked outside the Jeffrey Mini Market on Main Avenue, off Harrison Street, police said. Emerging from the store to find him rummaging through her car, the woman screamed before he could drive off, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. A good Samaritan who was driving by got out and chased the 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Driver, 19, Nearly Hits Police Car, Runs Lights In Passaic PD Chase, Authorities Say Clifton Driver, 19, Nearly Hits Police Car, Runs Lights In Passaic PD Chase, Authorities Say
Clifton Driver, 19, Nearly Hits Police Car, Runs Lights In Passaic PD Chase, Authorities Say A Clifton driver ran several red lights and nearly hit a police car during a pre-dawn pursuit, authorities said. A Passaic police officer found no record after doing a license plate check on a Honda Civic whose driver made an improper left turn from Main Avenue onto Washington Avenue shortly before 1 a.m., Capt. Jonathan Schaer said. The officer tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver – identified as 21-year-old Andrea Korsen – kept going, Schaer said. Korsen stopped for the light at Main Avenue and Monroe Street, then continued on, nearly hitting the patrol car, as the officer unsuccess…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Shooting Victim, 19, Hospitalized Passaic Shooting Victim, 19, Hospitalized
Passaic Shooting Victim, 19, Hospitalized A 19-year-old shooting victim showed up Thursday night at St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, triggering an investigation into what exactly happened, authorities confirmed Friday. The victim told police someone shot her in her car shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the heavily commercial area of Main Avenue near Burgess Place. The victim, who was shot in the arm and chest, arrived in a privately-owned vehicle that apparently had been struck by gunfire, responders said. Her injuries weren't considered life-threatening, they said. Police "located evidence of a crime scene" at Main and Burges…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Robber Smashed Passaic Jewelry Store Window, Ran Off With $27G Of Gold SEEN HIM? Robber Smashed Passaic Jewelry Store Window, Ran Off With $27G Of Gold
Seen HIM? Robber Smashed Passaic Jewelry Store Window, Ran Off With $27G Of Gold Police on Monday were searching for a man who threw a rock through the window of a Passaic jewelry store and ran off with $27,000-worth of gold chains on display, authorities said.  The suspect -- who had a dark skin complexion and was wearing a ski mask -- fired several shots in the air after fleeing from Ray's Jewelry on Main Avenue at approximately 5:45 p.m. Saturday, four chains in hand, Passaic Police Capt. Jonathan Schaer said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the City of Passaic Police Department’s Detective Bureau at 973-365-3938 or the Shift Commander at 9…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Kidnappers Expect To Collect $7,000, Busted By Passaic Police Instead Kidnappers Expect To Collect $7,000, Busted By Passaic Police Instead
Kidnappers Expect To Collect $7,000, Busted By Passaic Police Instead PASSAIC, N.J. -- A Passaic man was abducted by a Bronx pair who threatened to kill him and his wife if they weren’t paid $7,000 – but he went to police instead, leading to their arrests, authorities said. The 28-year-old victim told police that he and his wife were approached Thursday night in the area of Main Avenue and Autumn Street by Randal M. OlivioRondon, 20, and Luis R. Romero, 22. His wife fled, but her husband was shoved into a getaway car at gunpoint, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said Saturday night. While in the car, the pai…

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by Jerry DeMarco