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UPDATE: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting UPDATE: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting
Update: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting A noontime shooting wounded three people Saturday in Paterson, responders said. One of those struck by gunfire on North Main Street near Presidential Boulevard at 12:08 p.m. Nov. 12 is a 15-year-old juvenile, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement.The others are a 36-year-old man and 26-year-old woman, all from Paterson, they said. All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Valdes and Ribeiro said. Witnesses told police the shooter fled …

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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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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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Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver
Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver A Paterson police detective nabbed a driver carrying a loaded stolen handgun, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Anthony Castronova stopped Octavius Bolds, 35, on Presidential Boulevard for recklessly driving a Jeep Cherokee with an expired registration in the area of Bridge and River streets around 2 a.m. Sunday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. After Castronova approached the vehicle and asked for his license and registration, Bolds hit the gas and sped off, Speziale said. Castronova hopped back in his vehicle and pursued Bolds while requesting backup, the director said. As the…

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Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg
Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg No fewer than four people were wounded in a series of shootings in Paterson on Saturday. Three of them arrived in separate vehicles at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center -- all men, ages 24, 27 and 30 -- following a drive-by shooting shortly before 5 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victims were at the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Keen Street when a dark-colored motor vehicle pulled up and an occupant fired what responders said were at least seven rounds. Their injuries weren't considered life-t…

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Questions Follow Pair Of Murder Arrests In Paterson Drive-By Questions Follow Pair Of Murder Arrests In Paterson Drive-By
Questions Follow Pair Of Murder Arrests In Paterson Drive-By Authorities announced Wednesday that they’d charged both the accused gunman and his alleged wheelman in a drive-by Paterson shooting that left one man dead and two injured this past summer. Jordany Santana, 19, opened fire on a crowd outside the Riverview Terrace high-rise complex on Presidential Boulevard the night of Aug. 22, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a brief release. Driving, they said, was Nasiera Jones, for whom they didn’t disclose an age or town. The pair ditched the car they were using and fled in another vehicle, the …

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Accused Gunman Captured In January Paterson Street Shooting Accused Gunman Captured In January Paterson Street Shooting
Accused Gunman Captured In January Paterson Street Shooting A Paterson man who fired a gun at two men on a city street eight months ago, hitting one, was captured and charged with two counts of attempted murder, authorities said Monday. Yhamere F. Mayo, 28, also was charged with weapons offenses in connection with the Jan. 13 shooting on North Main Street shortly before 1:30 a.m., they said. The 28-year-old victim checked into St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on his own for treatment of a gunshot wound. A 32-year-old man who was with him was fired at but not hit, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald …

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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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Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized
Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized A raid at a Paterson high-rise produced 441 folds of heroin, 39 bags of crack, $13,600 in proceeds and eight arrests, authorities said. Several deals went down during a drug operation targeting 85 Presidential Boulevard, barely a block and a half from a public school, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Dozens of drug-related charges were brought against: Richard Brown, 41, who lives in a 10th-floor unit at the high-rise; Keshon T. Roberson, 20, who lives on the sixth floor; Rodney Fairley, 30, who lives up the street; Tyheem J. Stewart, 30, and Kamesha T. Stewart, of Paterson; Jamari Q.…

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Paterson PD: Stop Yields Semi-Auto, High-Capacity Magazine, 460 Heroin Folds, 27 Cocaine Bags Paterson PD: Stop Yields Semi-Auto, High-Capacity Magazine, 460 Heroin Folds, 27 Cocaine Bags
Paterson PD: Stop Yields Semi-Auto, High-Capacity Magazine, 460 Heroin Folds, 27 Cocaine Bags A pair of Paterson detectives who stopped a sedan believed involved in a robbery found a semi-automatic handgun -- with a high-capacity magazine – along with 460 folds of heroin and more than two dozen bags of cocaine, authorities said. Backups arrived as Detectives Martin Luizzi and John Farfan pulled over the green Chevy in the area of Presidential Boulevard and Clinton Street just before 10 p.m. Monday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested Frank Warren III, of Paterson, on drug and weapons charges after finding the 9mm handgun, ammo and drugs -- including 27 bags of cocaine…

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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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