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Woman Admits Setting Paterson Apartment Couch Fire That Ended Up Destroying Half A City Block Woman Admits Setting Paterson Apartment Couch Fire That Ended Up Destroying Half A City Block
Woman Admits Setting Paterson Apartment Couch Fire That Ended Up Destroying Half A City Block A New York City woman admitted Friday that she deliberately set a massive fire that roared through a Paterson block, displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters, during an argument last summer. Yanit Valdez took a deal from prosecutors rather than face trial, pleading guilty in Superior Court in Paterson to aggravated arson in exchange for what will be a six-year prison sentence. Valdez, 38, of Manhattan will have to serve five years and a month of the term under New Jersey’s No Early Release law, followed by three years of parole supervision, Passaic County Camelia M. Valdes sa…

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Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9 Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9
Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9 A former assistant karate instructor from Passaic County must serve at least 15 years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for raping a 9-year-old student. Luke V. Bakula, 31, of Haskell was sentenced this past week to consecutive sentences of 12 years for aggravated sexual assault and six years for sexual assault.  Under New Jersey's No Early Release Law, he must serve a minimum of 85% of the combined 18-year sentence handed down Thursday by Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli. Jurors in Paterson convicted Bakula in March of all of the charges against him. Bakula sexual…

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by Jerry DeMarco