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Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize 11,450 Heroin Folds, Gun, More From Ex-Con In Street Bust Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized 11,450 heroin folds, more than five ounces combined of unpackaged heroin and cocaine and a loaded gun from a convicted felon from Woodland Park, authorities said. Jemell Carter, 39, was stopped by the investigators on Summer and Fulton streets in Paterson following a drug deal on Jackson Avenue in Woodland Park on Tuesday, April 19, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. In his car, Berdnik said, they found: the 9mm Hi-Point handgun; 700 heroin folds; the unpackaged drugs; illegally obtained pot; $2,522 in drug cash. With Carter's consent, …

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Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities
Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities An ex-con tossed a loaded handgun as he ran from Paterson police, authorities said. Bilal McFadden, a 25-year-old purported gang member, bolted when the investigators approached him at the corner of Clinton and North 6th streets shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, April 11, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Suquan Gary, John Traynor, and Mustafa Dombayci and uniformed officers chased McFadden, who discarded a .40-caliber semi-automatic Smith & Wesson that slid under a parked vehicle. Traynor ended up catching him in a North 7th Street backyard. McFadden was sent to the Pa…

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Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say
Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say A Morris County ex-con appears headed to state prison for the third time in just four years after Paterson police said they found him carrying a loaded gun, cocaine, pot and Xanax. Daniel Wendt, 29, has been through this before. He spent 3½ years in separate station prison sentences on drug and weapons offenses before being released this past March. Wendt had been charged in 2015 with drug offenses and attempted murder, among other counts, before pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon following a shooting in the parking lot of a Hanover motel. Earlier this mon…

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Paterson Ex-Con Captured, Charged With August Street Slaying Paterson Ex-Con Captured, Charged With August Street Slaying
Paterson Ex-Con Captured, Charged With August Street Slaying An ongoing dispute ended when a Paterson ex-con pulled a gun and shot another in the back, killing him, on a city street, authorities said Saturday in announcing the accused murderer’s capture. Lavar Bellfield, 35, was charged with murder and weapons offenses – including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm – in the Aug. 4 slaying of 28-year-old Kevin Lewis in front of 271 Summer Street near Broadway. Bellfield’s criminal history includes a three-year state prison stretch for aggravated assault, eluding police with a risk of injury to others and selling drugs on school proper…

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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