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Paterson Man Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of City Resident
A Paterson shooting victim who was rushed to the hospital in a private vehicle died several hours later, said authorities who charged another city man with killing him. Tiheen "Coop" Smith, 34, arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday. He’d been shot in the stomach in one of the city’s deadliest drug-ridden areas – on Pearl Street between Carroll Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Monday. Smith died just before 12:30 p.m. that same day, they said. Trayshaun Harr…
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SEE: Jitney Bus Plows Into Paterson Apartment
UPDATE: Firefighters reported only minor injuries after a jitney collided with an SUV and slammed into a ground-floor apartment in Paterson overnight. City Wide Towing removed the bus on a flatbed after it knocked a fire hydrant off its base and crashed into the three-story building at the corner of Pearl and Summer streets around 2 a.m. Saturday. A sedan parked in front of the building was also damaged but not severely. The Chevy SUV sustained serious damage. Police were investigating the cause of the crash. Aftermath: A city building inspector was summoned to the three-story buildi…
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NJ Uber Rider Accused Of Threatening Driver With Fake Gun For Oral Sex Indicted
A gun-wielding Uber rider from Fort Lee who threatened to kill a driver if she didn’t give him oral sex had taken off his shirt and was sitting in the front seat when police showed up, authorities said. The Uber driver had fooled Andrew Mendez, 30, into waiting while she ran into a Paterson grocery store to get something to drink, an indictment returned by a state grand jury says. Officers who seized Mendez also found an imitation handgun that the driver said he’d “racked” during their ride, it says. Mendez has remained in the Passaic County Jail ever since the incident on Feb. 16, 2020. …
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Three Wounded In Separate Paterson Shootings
Bullets continued flying on the east side of Paterson over the weekend. A 59-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, both from the city, were struck near the corner of East 18th Street and Pearl Street shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities confirmed. Each got to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment in a private vehicle, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Another walk-in victim arrived at the hospital following a drive-by shooting at the corner of East 28th Street and 8th Avenue around 1 a.m., they said. None…
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Ex-Con Charged With Torching Vacant Paterson Home Occupied By Squatters
A 29-year-old ex-con with a lengthy criminal record deliberately set a fire in a vacant Paterson home occupied by squatters, authorities said. Erin Micco, a Florida native who recently lived in Rutherford, was charged with two counts of aggravated arson in the Tuesday morning fire on Pearl Street, they said. None of the squatters were injured in the two-alarm blaze, which was set shortly after 8:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora and Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott said in a joint statement. The fire, which destroyed the 2½-…
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Update
: Off-Duty Officer Shoots At Armed Robbers In Paterson, Responders Say
An off-duty police officer shot at four armed men who tried to rob him on a dark Paterson street, authorities confirmed Monday. The officer, dressed in plain clothes, apparently was getting out of his car when he was accosted on Pearl Street near the corner the corner of East 18th Street shortly before 10 p.m., they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes confirmed the shooting but declined to elaborate in any way. Responders said one of the robbers was struck and all four fled, although that couldn’t be confirmed. Neither the officer nor a companion was injured, they said. Shooti…
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Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle
Quick-moving Paterson police detectives grabbed a Garfield man as he reached for a loaded gun during a traffic stop, authorities said. Alerted by a tipster, the Narcotics Division detectives saw Brian Rochester, 23, “brandishing what appeared to be a short-barreled assault rifle” near the corner of 16th Avenue and Carroll Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Rochester then put the weapon in the back seat of a car nearby and got into the front passenger seat before the vehicle pulled away, Speziale said. After the detectives stopped the near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Str…
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Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 275 Combined Doses Of Heroin, Crack Following Paterson Street Deal
Two detectives who witnessed a street drug deal in Paterson seized a loaded semi-automatic handgun, along with 169 heroin folds, a combined 88 bags and vials of crack and 112 Xanax pills, while arresting two city residents. Detective Mohammad Bashir of the city’s Street Crime Unit was on a special holiday details with Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Eugene Tolliver when they saw the deal go down near the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives stopped a car that pulled away for motor ve…
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Minors -- 15, 16 -- Busted In Paterson Stolen Car Spree, Home Burglaries, Police Chase
The third teen who bailed out of a sedan stolen during a home burglary last weekend was caught by Paterson police, authorities said. The 15-year-old also was responsible for another home burglary in the city's Hillcrest section -- with another 15-year-old who also was seized -- as well as another car theft Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The 2014 Honda stolen during a home break-in Saturday night on Preakness Avenue was spotted a short time later by Officer Robert Klein Jr. at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Broadway, Speziale said. All three occupants bailed out after a brief purs…
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Two Caught, One Sought In Paterson Stolen Car Chase
Suburban residents aren’t the only ones dealing with car theft: Paterson police chased down two of three teens caught joyriding in a stolen sedan following a home burglary. Officer Robert Klein Jr. spotted the 2014 Honda at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Broadway, moments after hearing an alert that it has been stolen during a home break-in on Preakness Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. All three occupants bailed out after a brief pursuit, he said. Officers Brian Culmone and Tyseme Holmes chased down one of them, in the 300 block of Broadway, Speziale said. Soon after police set up a…
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