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Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult
Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult Paterson police seized three loaded guns – one of which had been stolen – in a trio of separate incidents just days apart. Two of those taken into custody were each 17 years old, city public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. One of the juveniles bolted after seeing Detectives Yamil Pimienta, Muhammed Dombayci, Levis Qirjako, and John Rikowich approaching near the corner of Highland and Lyons streets, Speziale said. They chased the boy down and seized him behind a North York home near Sassafras Street, the director said. They then checked the route he took while fleeing through various …

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Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer
Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer A knife-wielding Clifton man attacked a local grocery store clerk because she’s Mexican, an indictment charging him with attempted murder alleges. Shairo Gil, 24, pulled out a knife and lunged across the counter at Barrales Grocery on Hadley Avenue without prompting on March 26, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Gil, who attacked the clerk “solely because he believed she was of Mexican descent...made contact with the upper part of her chest, below the left shoulder, but she was not wounded,” the attorney general said. Clifton police quickly identified and arrested Gil, wh…

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SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque
Seen HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque A driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian from Wayne as he crossed a Wanaque street has remained a fugitive, authorities said. A judge released Fredi Landero, 41, of Fall River, Massachusetts, with conditions following the December 2019 crash on Ringwood Avenue, which sent the 62-year-old victim to the hospital. Landero was driving without a license at the time, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A judge in Paterson released him from the Passaic County Jail the following day -- with pretrial monitoring -- after which Landero took off, she said. A grand jury in …

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PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven
PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven A Passaic woman who made headlines when her SUV plowed into the front of a Bronx gas station convenience store went on a rampage at a Hawthorne 7-Eleven that continued at police headquarters, authorities said Wednesday. Police were called after Santa Moya, 23, stole cigarettes from the Goffle Road store and a clerk tried to stop her, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Moya was tangling with the employee in the parking lot when officers pulled up, he said. The clerk's head was bleeding after some of her hair had been ripped out, a witness said. Moya then “became irate and hostile towards…

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