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Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club
Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club Pot smoke was thick as Paterson detectives tried to disperse a crowd of 75 or so partiers -- most of them gang members -- who'd gathered in a space above a downtown business in a high-crime neighborhood. Then the investigators found a gun. A man who identified himself as the owner stepped forward and was taken into custody as reinforcements arrived and broke up the illegal gathering, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives were cruising the 5th Ward "hotspot" neighborhood on Market Street in an effort to "disrupt gang and narcotics activity as well as to prevent…

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by Jerry DeMarco