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18th Avenue and East 24th Street, Paterson, NJ

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Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun
Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun Paterson police captured an ex-con moments after he robbed two different victims with a loaded handgun, authorities said. Officers James Favia and Isiah Mills were responding to the first holdup just after 6 a.m. Saturday when a call of another came in, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Each victim had a cellphone and about $100 taken at gunpoint – the first at 21st Avenue and East 21st Street, the second at 18th Avenue and E 24th Street, Speziale said. Mills grabbed 37-year-old Muta Williams on 24th Street and Park Avenue and found the gun – a Python .357 Magnum loaded with four…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash
Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash A judge ordered that a driver from Florida accused in a multi-vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Paterson last week remain held in the Passaic County Jail. A Buick Encore driven Alvin W. Mootoo, 46, blew a stop sign at the corner of 18th Avenue and East 24th Street and struck a silver 2008 Accord just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. The impact sent the sedan into another Honda Accord, where 31-year-old Jorge Alberto Pena Mesa of Newark was standing, talking to the driver, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Mesa, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco