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Paterson Pair Convicted In Ambush Killing Of Rival Gang Member From Newark
UPDATE: The mastermind behind the cold-blooded killing of a 21-year-old rival gang member from Newark during an ambush in Paterson was convicted of first-degree murder and one of his cronies of aggravated manslaughter on Friday. Jurors in Superior Court in Paterson needed only a day to reach guilty verdicts on Oct. 13 against Silk City residents Jaquan Thomas, 33, and Ismael Leon, 21, for gunning down Jose Figueroa. Authorities said the slaying was a “coordinated attack involving multiple shooters in multiple locations.” Thomas sent members of his gang to the area of Totowa and Redwood ave…
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: Paterson Man, 40, Sexually Assaulted Children, Seven And 11, Jury Finds
Jurors in Paterson convicted a 40-year-old city man of sexually assaulting two children – one seven, the other 11. Antwan Campbell was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault along with two counts each of sexual assault and child endangerment on Thursday, March 23, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. At the very least, Campbell faces a minimum of 25 years in state prison under New Jersey’s guidelines when he is sentenced by Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed on July 13. He’ll also remain on lifetime parole supervision and be required to register as a sex offender under Meg…
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Déjà Vu: Paterson Ex-Con Gets Life With No Parole For 30 Years For Shooting City Dad Of 6 Dead
UPDATE: A Paterson ex-con who was convicted of murder for the second time following a retrial was re-sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of a city father of six. Charles Grant must serve 30 years before he’ll be eligible for parole for killing Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, 40, in 2015 under the sentence imposed by Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed on Thursday, Dec. 15. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Grant four years ago of gunning down Tucker. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict, ruling that certain evidenc…
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VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant
A Paterson man was convicted of murder for the second time in the shooting death of a city man in 2015. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Charles Grant four years ago of gunning down Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, a 40-year-old father of six, after they’d walked a few blocks together from a city liquor store. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict -- ruling that certain evidence shouldn't have been presented at his trial -- and sent the case back to Paterson earlier this year. Jurors this time deliberated for roughly a day and a ha…
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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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Passaic Man Who Molested Underage Teen Can Get Parole In 2½ Years
A Passaic man will be eligible for parole once he's served half of a five-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor in the back seat of his car. Luis Pizarro, 47, was arrested in November 2019 after city police responded to a tipster’s call of suspicious activity in a local parking lot a month earlier, authorities said. Detectives interviewed several witnesses, including the victim, who corroborated the report, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Passaic County Assistant Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco secured a deal rather than have the victim testif…
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Clifton Man Admits Threatening Paterson Police Chief Over Race, Religion
UPDATE: A Clifton man admitted that he sent Paterson’s first Muslim police chief threatening texts because of his race, religion and nationality, authorities said. Stefan Keco, 29, told a Superior Court judge in Paterson on Monday that he sent the texts to Chief Ibrahim Baycora on Feb. 26 “with the purpose to terrorize him and in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. Baycora had been sworn to the position only a few weeks before receiving the threats. The threats “caused a disruption to the day-to-day operations of the poli…
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Babysitter Admits Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot
A 33-year-old babysitter admitted Friday that he fondled a 13-year-old Wayne youngster on New Year’s Eve after giving the victim booze and pot, authorities said. Joseph Montgomery wasted little time accepting a deal from prosecutors that will see him sentenced to three years in state prison, 85% of which he must serve before becoming eligible with parole. Family members watched as Montgomery entered the plea in Superior Court in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release. McNiff’s officers had responded to the home on Ja…
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Indictment: Clifton Man Threatened Paterson Police Chief Over Race, Religion
UPDATE: Paterson’s first Muslim police chief wasn’t in the job long when authorities said he became the target of threatening texts from a Clifton man because of his race, religion and nationality. A grand jury in Paterson returned a terroristic threats indictment against Stefan Keco, 29, who’s been held in the Passaic County Jail since city detectives arrested and charged him more than a year ago with threatening Police Chief Ibrahim “Mike” Baycora. Baycora had been sworn to the position only a few weeks before receiving the threats, authorities said. Keco sent the texts to the chief “wit…
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Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9
A 24-year-old Paterson man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl he was babysitting was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole. The victim and her family watched on a closed-circuit telecast as Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed sentenced Eilias Cano in Paterson on Wednesday. She’d testified during a trial last October that she was nine when Cano assaulted her, leading to his arrest by detectives with the Passaic County prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit in August 2018. Jurors subsequently convicted Cano of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as child …
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Murder, Rape Charges Dropped In Rutherford Woman's Beating Death After Judge Rejects DNA Proof
Murder and rape charges were dropped against a Guatemalan national accused of killing a 50-year-old Rutherford woman more than six years ago after a judge refused to allow prosecutors to use DNA evidence against him. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said she had no choice, leaving the family of Karen Splettstoesser without justice. Rafael Camey is now in the hands of federal immigration officials who are expected to deport him. The issue bounced around the court system before coming to a halt last month. Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark initially granted a defense request …
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Blood On The Tracks: Jury Returns Murder Conviction In Paterson Stabbing
PATERSON, N.J. – Following a day of deliberations, jurors in Paterson convicted a Hudson County man of stabbing a city man to death along a stretch of railroad tracks known to attract prostitutes. Samuel Rua III, 33, of Union City was convicted of first-degee murder, along with six illegal weapons counts, following a week-long trial in which prosecutors presented video and other evidence that pointed to him as the killer of Nadjhier Barner-Timmons. Rua stabbed the victim as they walked along the tracks near 26th Street and 18th Avenue in Paterson on April 25, 2015, Assistant Passaic County …
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