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Paterson Detective Justified In Shooting Armed Carjacker, Grand Jury Rules Paterson Detective Justified In Shooting Armed Carjacker, Grand Jury Rules
Paterson Detective Justified In Shooting Armed Carjacker, Grand Jury Rules UPDATE: A plainclothes Paterson police detective was justified in shooting a man who’d just crashed his car into two others, then tried to carjack multiple drivers, a state grand jury has found. Hui Zhang, 33, of Pensacola, FL, was seen in area surveillance video crashing his car into two others that were stopped at the corner of Straight and Van Houten streets late on the afternoon of Oct. 10, 2022. Zhang fled the scene, leaving his car behind, then threatened a group of people who were sitting in a car parked around the corner with what looked like a gun. Zhang fired the weapon, then tri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Cars Collide, Topple Traffic Light Paterson Police Cars Collide, Topple Traffic Light
Paterson Police Cars Collide, Topple Traffic Light No injuries were reported after two Paterson police units collided, taking out a traffic light. The SUVs appeared to be headed to a call when they collided at the corner of Straight and Van Houten Street/College Boulevard early Friday evening, June 17. Two Paterson NJ Police Cars Collide and take out a traffic light Straight St and VanHouten Sttornadochaser66 Everyone got out OK, responders said. Tows were required for both vehicles, however. No other vehicles were involved. Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.Ron Bombaro (tornadochaser66) The intersection was temporaril…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General
Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General A 33-year-old motorist shot and killed by Paterson police was armed with what police later found was a blank pistol as he tried to seize other vehicles after fleeing a crash on foot, authorities said. Hui Zhang, 33, of Pensacola, FL, was identified as the man who died in the police-involved shooting on Oct. 10. Zhang was involved in a collision in the area of Straight and Van Houten streets at 4:12 p.m. that day, according to a release from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. Zhang "ran from the scene" and "attempted to enter multiple other vehicles, armed with what a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Fleeing Crash Scene With Handgun Killed By Paterson Police: AG Driver Fleeing Crash Scene With Handgun Killed By Paterson Police: AG
Driver Fleeing Crash Scene With Handgun Killed By Paterson Police: AG A driver who crashed his car then fled from the scene with a handgun while trying to enter other nearby vehicle was shot and killed by a Paterson police officer in broad daylight, state officials said. Police responding to the crash near Straight and Van Houten Streets noticed the fleeing driver was armed around 4:10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The officer pursued the man on foot and, during an encounter, fired his service weapon, Platkin said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:23 p.m. A firearm was recovered near the driver…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! Couple Wanted In Shooting Death Of Paterson Man, 60, Captured At Jersey Shore GOTCHA! Couple Wanted In Shooting Death Of Paterson Man, 60, Captured At Jersey Shore
Gotcha! Couple Wanted In Shooting Death Of Paterson Man, 60, Captured At Jersey Shore A Paterson couple wanted in the shooting death of a city man 10 days earlier were captured at the Jersey Shore on Friday, authorities announced. Marc DeJesus, 44, jumped out a second-floor window in Barnegat and was quickly seized, along with Cassandra Ramirez, 32, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint statement. Responding officers had found Hector Guzman, 60, critically wounded from a single gunshot in the street outside 250-252 Van Houten Street, near Straight Street, shortly after 8 p.m. Sept. 14, they said. Guzman was rus…

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Police: Three Kids Found In Paterson Apartment Where Ex-Con Sold Crack Police: Three Kids Found In Paterson Apartment Where Ex-Con Sold Crack
Police: Three Kids Found In Paterson Apartment Where Ex-Con Sold Crack Police found three young children during the raid of a Paterson drug den, authorities said. Tipsters pointed detectives to a unit at the Congdon Mill Apartments, a converted factory on Van Houten Street between Lou Costello Park and the Passaic River, where they said drugs were being sold, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A series of subsequent undercover crack buys led to the raid and arrests of ex-con Tymir L. Leary, 32, and Yasmine B. York, 30. Detectives recovered a small amount of crack and $884 in proceeds from Leary, who records show has served time for robbery,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers
Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson detectives nabbed two dealers and seven buyers while seizing nearly 300 heroin folds at an open-air drug market near the city public library, authorities said Wednesday. Responding to continued citizens’ complaints, Narcotics Division detectives hit a stretch of Summer Street between Hamilton Avenue and Van Houten Street late Tuesday afternoon, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested city residents Quadra Carmichael, 37, and Brian Thomas, 52, on a variety of charges that include possessing and selling heron near the library and School No. 6, Speziale said. Also t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins
Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson detectives cracked a month-long burglary spree when they caught two suspects inside an elementary school. Detectives and uniformed officers responding to a burglar alarm converged on the K-8 Norman S. Weir School on College Boulevard (Van Houten Street), which had also been burglarized the day before, authorities said. Inside the school they found city resident Jeremiah Carter, 39, and Justin Poff, 23, of Wharton, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Both men confessed to a string of burglaries that began exactly a month before, Speziale said. These included four…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Shot In Paterson Four Blocks, 40 Minutes Apart Two Shot In Paterson Four Blocks, 40 Minutes Apart
Two Shot In Paterson Four Blocks, 40 Minutes Apart Two men were shot in Paterson four blocks and barely 40 minutes apart, authorities said. Both victims -- one 27 and the other 28 – showed up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in private vehicles seeking treatment for their wounds. The older victim showed up at the hospital shortly before 9:30 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release Saturday. “Based on the initial investigation it is believed the [first] shooting took place in the area of Van Houten Street and Summer Street,” they said in a brief statement. P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Dead, Another Wounded In Paterson Shooting One Dead, Another Wounded In Paterson Shooting
One Dead, Another Wounded In Paterson Shooting UPDATE: Authorities identified a man shot and killed on a Paterson street as a 26-year-old city man. Shaheem Jones and a 28-year-old man who also was struck in the 8 p.m. shooting at the shooting at the corner of Van Houten and Summer streets were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where Jones died soon after, they said. The other victim was in stable condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. They didn’t say whether they’d captured or identified any suspects. Joining city police at the scene w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD Gets 2,269 Heroin Folds, Plus Dealers, Buyers From Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Morris Paterson PD Gets 2,269 Heroin Folds, Plus Dealers, Buyers From Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Morris
Paterson PD Gets 2,269 Heroin Folds, Plus Dealers, Buyers From Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Morris Paterson police seized 2,269 heroin folds, more than 130 illegal pills and more in a quick-strike sweep of a drug-ridden street corner while arresting a trio of local dealers and several of their customers from Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Hudson counties, authorities said.  Among those arrested, police said, was a 66-year-old user from Ridgefield (Bergen County) who bought eight heroin folds and a vial of crack at the corner of Van Houten and Summer streets behind the city public library. Citizen complaints about “rampant” drug dealing at all hours of the day and night brought Narcotic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Hooker Who Hightailed It Chased Down Paterson PD: Hooker Who Hightailed It Chased Down
Paterson PD: Hooker Who Hightailed It Chased Down Picture, if you will, a woman in fishnets and high heels running from police and you have some idea of what happened in Paterson this weekend. Responding to complaints about street walkers hitting up passing drivers and pedestrians for sex, city police hit Van Houten Street in the middle of the afternoon Saturday and arrested two women on prostitution charges, authorities said. Members of the department’s Vice/ABC unit ended up taking two working woman into custody, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Arrested in the area of Van Houten and East 18 streets was Charlotte A. Best, 40,…

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by Jerry DeMarco