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Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests
Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests Authorities investigating an August shooting in Paterson wound up charging both the accused gunman and another city man who they said was involved in an incident months earlier. Ex-con Jetor Brown, 25, was charged with shooting a 19-year-old city man on Park Avenue on Aug. 24, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement Wednesday. Counts include aggravated assault and various weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities also charged him with having a gun in a June 12 incident …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: Christmas Burglar Caught Carrying Two Loaded Guns Clifton PD: Christmas Burglar Caught Carrying Two Loaded Guns
Clifton PD: Christmas Burglar Caught Carrying Two Loaded Guns It wasn't Santa trying to make his way into a Clifton resident's apartment window just after midnight on Christmas: Police said they chased down and caught a burglar carrying not one but two loaded handguns. Responding to the attempted burglary call in the 200 block of Ackerman Avenue, Officers Christian Martinez and Kevin Berdnik spotted 31-year-old ex-con Juan Zenquis of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Zenquis took off, but the officers chased him down as he tried to scale a nearby backyard fence, Bracken said. He "then resisted arrest by tucking both hands in his waistband a…

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by Jerry DeMarco