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Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police
Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police A shooting suspect tried to elude Paterson police but crashed his car while fleeing, bailed out and was corralled less than a block away, authorities said. Joshua Washington, 25, had been identified as having shot a 22-year-old Prospect Park victim on Sept. 1 in the area of Highland and Sparrow Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Police spotted Washington behind the wheel of a vehicle in the area of Lafayette and Summer Street and tried to stop him on Wednesday, authorities said. He “initially pulled over, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him SEEN HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him
Seen HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him Authorities sought the public’s help finding a man who they said shot another man in the head as he sat in a parked car three months ago. An arrest warrant was issued for 25-year-old city resident Qualil “Kupz” Moore, they said Friday. The 40-year-old victim was found just before 7 a.m. June 22 in the driver's seat of a Nissan Altima parked next to a Power Gas service station on Park Avenue near East 22nd Street, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in critical condition but survived, they said. City officials designated the 5th Ward area one of more than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700 Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700
Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700 An anonymous tipster led Paterson police to a man who they found carrying 120 envelopes of heroin, 20 bags of cocaine and eight bags of Molly, authorities said Wednesday. Mark A. Johnson, 25, also had $1,659 in suspected drug proceeds seized from him when he was arrested Tuesday night along with a second man, 19-year-old Wilbert Castillo, who was carrying cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Paterson Narcotics Division detectives made the arrests after investigating a tip into drug sales at Park Avenue and E. 18th Street near Paterson Eastside High School, "an area well-known …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Another Weekend Night In Paterson, Another Shooting Another Weekend Night In Paterson, Another Shooting
Another Weekend Night In Paterson, Another Shooting Like many before him, a Paterson man shot overnight Sunday got to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance. Authorities didn’t say whether they had anyone in custody after the 31-year-old city man turned up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center while police were investigating a 12:45 a.m. report of shots fired on Park Avenue. “Based on the initial investigation, the victim was in the area of Park Avenue and East 22nd Street when the shooting took place,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. An investigation was…

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by Jerry DeMarco