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Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Drug dealers disabled a city surveillance camera, but that didn't stop Paterson detectives from busting five of them while collecting 715 heroin folds and a significant amount of crack on the street where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed, authorities said. Increasing shootings has brought a spotlight to the neighborhood on and around the corner of Essex and Madison streets, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Drug detectives worked undercover to build a case after wires were cut to a city camera on a utility pole at that corner, the director said. In just a few short hours, t…

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Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, Drugs, Bust Four In Trinitarios-Dominated Neighborhood Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, Drugs, Bust Four In Trinitarios-Dominated Neighborhood
Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, Drugs, Bust Four In Trinitarios-Dominated Neighborhood Paterson detectives nabbed four men while seizing a high-powered gun, heroin, Ecstasy, mushrooms and pot in a coordinated strike on a neighborhood controlled by the Trinitarios street gang, authorities said. Investigators responding to open-air drug trafficking complaints set up surveillance Tuesday at the corner of Park Avenue and East 19th Street. They watched as two suspects -- identified as Shukri Coleman of Lodi and city resident Enndy Trujillo, both 24 -- conducted business with a buyer, Ja'sim Zimmon, 20, who'd pulled up in a vehicle, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. …

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