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Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says
Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says UPDATE: A woman deliberately set a fire last summer that roared through a string of attached mixed-use buildings in Paterson -- displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters – during an argument with a tenant, authorities charged. Authorities didn’t suggest a possible motive when they announced that detectives had arrested Yanit Valdez, 38, of Manhattan 10 days after the massive Aug. 3 fire on Cianci Street. However, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson this week accuses Valdez of lighting paper towels on a couch to settle an argument in an upper-floor apartment. Fla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50 Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50
Fire Roars Through Mixed-Use Paterson Buildings, Displacing At Least 50 Flames blew through a string of attached mixed-use buildings on Cianci Street in Paterson on Monday, displacing 60 people, city officials said. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the fire, which broke out on the upper floors of an attached three-story, wood-frame building and spread through the cockloft, blowing through the roof, shortly after 1 p.m. The fire quickly went to four alarms, with three buildings involved. Firefighters continued to keep water on the blaze four hours after it began. At least 20 families were displaced, said the Red Cross, which was finding them fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof
Paterson Man Stabs Woman, Jumps To Death From Roof A Paterson man critically stabbed a woman before jumping to his death from the roof of a nearby building, authorities said. The body of Esaul Morales, 38, was found on the sidewalk after he stabbed the 26-year-old victim in a Cianci Street apartment around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition with stab wounds on Thursday, they said. “The investigation remains active and ongoing,” Valdes and Bayc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting
One Dead, Another Wounded In Overnight Paterson Shooting One of two men shot overnight Sunday in Paterson died, authorities said. Keeping with her previous procedure, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes didn’t say whether they had any suspects in custody or identified in the 1:30 a.m. shooting atr the corner of Ellison and Cianci Street near the Lou Costello memorial. Pronounced dead at the scene was city resident Richard Henry, 38, Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a release. Wounded was Carlos Munoz, 23, also of Paterson, who was in stable condition at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Responders said …

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by Jerry DeMarco