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Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson A Teaneck ex-con who served all of six months in state prison on a gun conviction and a Paterson man are charged with wounding a city woman and an East Orange man in a burst of gunfire on a Silk City street. Tommy Norberto, 20, and Paterson native Jazyre K. Kearney, 21, were both charged with attempted murder and weapons possession in the May 22 shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue, authorities said Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene with a bullet wound in her leg, responders at the scene said. She was brought to St. Joseph’s University M…

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Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: Man, Woman Wounded Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: Man, Woman Wounded
Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: Man, Woman Wounded A woman took a bullet in the leg and a man one in the hand in a burst of gunfire Monday night on a Paterson street. Both victims were reported in stable condition at St. Joseph's University Medical Center following the shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. May 22. Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene, responders said. The 35-year-old East Orange victim was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle, they said. A woman took a bullet in the leg and a man one in the hand in a burst of gunfire Monday night in Paterson…

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Haledon PD: Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun Haledon PD: Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun
Haledon PD: Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun A passenger in a taxi cab stopped for a traffic violation wasn't only wanted out of Pennsylvania -- he was also carrying a loaded gun, police in Haledon said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci stopped the Paterson cab after the driver failed to signal a turn at the intersection of West Broadway and Chamberlain Avenue shortly after noon Wednesday, Sept. 21, Capt. George Guzman Jr. said. The officers immediately noticed that the rear-seat passenger -- identified in records as Miguel Ortiz, a 23-year-old Dominican national from Paterson -- wasn't wearing a seatbelt, the captain said. The of…

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16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests 16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests
16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests A 16-year-old Paterson youth was one of three city residents arrested in separate gun-related incidents over a span of roughly 30 hours, authorities said. The teen was nabbed by Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, Suquan Gary, Joseph Aboyoun and John Traynor at the corner 12th Avenue and East 22nd Street shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. He was carrying a 9mm Girsan handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine, the director said. The teen was sent to the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark to await a closed-door hearing in the Family Part …

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Passaic: Reckless Haledon Driver Who Fled In Aborted Paterson Pursuit Surrenders Passaic: Reckless Haledon Driver Who Fled In Aborted Paterson Pursuit Surrenders
Passaic: Reckless Haledon Driver Who Fled In Aborted Paterson Pursuit Surrenders A reckless driver who sped from a Passaic County sheriff's officer who was prevented from chasing her surrendered several days later to face charges, authorities said. The officer witnessed Vanessa S. Englishman, 22, of Haledon blowing a red light at Belmont Avenue at West Broadway, nearly hitting a truck whose driver was trying to make a turn, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Englishman's 2013 Hyundai Elantra "continued through the intersection at a high rate of speed, posing an imminent threat to the safety of pedestrians and motorists," Berdnik said. The officer activated hi…

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Two Wounded, One 16 Years Old, In Separate Paterson Shootings Two Wounded, One 16 Years Old, In Separate Paterson Shootings
Two Wounded, One 16 Years Old, In Separate Paterson Shootings Authorities were investigating a pair of shootings hours apart at opposite ends of Paterson. A 16-year-old boy arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicle around 6 p.m. Monday, March 14, they said. He'd been shot multiple times in the area of Presidential Boulevard and West Broadway on the city's west side, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Police responding to another shots-fired report at 8:20 p.m. found a wounded 27-year-old man who’d been struck by gunfire in a vehicle near the intersection of East 25th…

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PD: 7,000 Heroin Folds, 'Ghost' Gun Seized, Drug-Dealing Paterson Ex-Con, GF Busted PD: 7,000 Heroin Folds, 'Ghost' Gun Seized, Drug-Dealing Paterson Ex-Con, GF Busted
PD: 7,000 Heroin Folds, 'Ghost' Gun Seized, Drug-Dealing Paterson Ex-Con, GF Busted Paterson detectives seized more than 7,000 heroin folds, a homemade "ghost" gun and more while busting a drug-dealing ex-con and his girlfriend, authorities said. Kadeem Coleman tried keeping police off his tail by using various vehicles registered to residents in a multi-family building in the city's Hillcrest section that served as a base of operations, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Coleman, 28, had reason to be cautious. He'd spent several years in federal prison after city police, responding to a 2015 shooting on Jefferson Street, found him carrying a .45-caliber pistol th…

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Out-Of-State Man In Passing Car Shot In Paterson, 19-Year-Old Charged Out-Of-State Man In Passing Car Shot In Paterson, 19-Year-Old Charged
Out-Of-State Man In Passing Car Shot In Paterson, 19-Year-Old Charged An Illinois man in a passing car was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a Paterson street, authorities said. Police who converged on the area took 19-year-old Casmir Smith into custody shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday and charged him with aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He remained held Sunday in the Passaic County Jail. The 50-year-old victim from Oak Forest, IL was in a car on Presidential Boulevard approaching West Broadway when “multiple actors began shooting at unknown persons, with one of the bullets piercing the victim’s windshield and striking him,” Passaic County Prosecut…

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'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs 'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei”  -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…

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City Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Shopping Center City Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Shopping Center
City Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Shopping Center Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei” -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, who worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa, was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor.  “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t," Taylor said. “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes …

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WILD CHASE: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside WILD CHASE: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside
Wild Chase: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside A 17-year-old carjacker crashed while fleeing Paterson police in a sedan that he'd just stolen with a 5-year-old child inside, authorities said. The owner had left the 2010 Nissan Altima running, with the youngster inside, in front of the Goody II Chinese and Spanish restaurant on Union Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. All available uniformed officers and detectives flooded the area in response to the call, Speziale said. Twenty minutes later, Lt. Louis Pacelli spotted the sedan behind Public School #5, he said. Seeing him, the teen driver hit the g…

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UPDATE: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire UPDATE: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire
Update: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire A 62-year-old Paterson woman died in an early-morning house fire, authorities said. Nancy Salt was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after firefighters carried her from the first floor of the 2½-floor wood-frame house on Doremus Street near West Broadway shortly before 8:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead soon after, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora and Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott said in a joint announcement. Authorities were investigating the cause of the two-alarm blaze, which was declared under control about 90 minutes …

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SEEN HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought SEEN HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought
Seen HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought Authorities on Friday revealed that they’d arrested a Paterson man and a teenager back in November following a shooting during a robbery on a city street and were now looking for the public’s help finding a third defendant. Exactly who they believe pulled the trigger on Paterson Avenue on Nov. 18, shooting a 23-year-old victim in the stomach, wasn’t disclosed by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald in a brief release. The assailants had pulled up in a black, four-door black that was found abandoned on West Broadway and Union Avenue, police said a…

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Gunman In Paterson Stolen Van Chase Wounded After Firing At Police, Responders Say Gunman In Paterson Stolen Van Chase Wounded After Firing At Police, Responders Say
Gunman In Paterson Stolen Van Chase Wounded After Firing At Police, Responders Say A suspect was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police in Paterson, authorities said. Officers who were on West Broadway around 8 p.m. Saturday apparently tried to stop a van that had been reported stolen, but responders said the driver kept going. A gunman in the van opened fire on police near Presidential Boulevard before an officer shot a suspect in the leg on Straight Street -- outside the Golden Mango market and Family Dollar Store -- near Van Houten Street, they said. The suspect was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that responders said weren't conside…

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Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police
Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police A tragedy was averted when a fleeing suspect pulled a gun from his waistband while being chased down the street by two Paterson police officers – and then tossed it over a railing, authorities said. Joseph Nieves, 20, kept running but eventually was chased down by the officers who, just moments before, drew their weapons. Nieves was with two other men when Officers Brian Culmone and Gerard Speziale Jr. saw him stick the gun in his waistband just before 3 a.m. Sunday Curtis Place and Van Houten Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. After getting out of the cruiser, Speziale Jr. drew …

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Car Falls Over Wall Next To Paterson Checkers Car Falls Over Wall Next To Paterson Checkers
Car Falls Over Wall Next To Paterson Checkers A motorist claimed he accidentally left his car in drive before it rolled through a fence and over a short wall next to a Checkers in Paterson, witnesses said. Another vehicle had its rear windshield smashed in the Friday night mishap at the West Broadway/Union Avenue eatery. "Sh-t was nuts. Crazy," Escobar Jones wrote. "Everybody was good tho/safe." There was no immediate word on possible summonses.

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Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More
Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More PATERSON, N.J. -- A pre-dawn Paterson chase ended in a crash and the arrest of a drug dealer who was carrying a loaded handgun, heroin and Xanax, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. PCSD Officer Patrick Holt tried pulling the car over Presidential Boulevard around 4 a.m. Thursday, but the driver, Clarence Chambers, hit the gas instead, Berdnik said. The chase continued onto Ryle Avenue before Chambers made a right onto Matlock Street and crash the vehicle into a parked car, the sheriff said. Chambers bailed and ran but was caught by Holt near a West Broadway food store, he said…

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