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Gregory Avenue, Passaic, NJ

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Basketball Court Shooting Wounds Trio In Passaic Basketball Court Shooting Wounds Trio In Passaic
Basketball Court Shooting Wounds Trio In Passaic Two men and a teenager were wounded in a shooting at a Passaic park Monday evening, April 4, authorities said. Responders found a 26-year-old Passaic resident, 22-year-old Passaic resident, and a 15-year-old child all having suffered gunshot wounds near Gregory Avenue and Madison Street in Passaic, around 7:40 a.m.,Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The shooting apparently occurred on the basketball court at Christopher Columbus Park in Passaic, according to abc7. Aid was immediately rendered to the victims, who were rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Cent…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic
Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Two Passaic residents and one from Wayne were charged with stabbing one of two city men during what authorities said was a planned attack. Being held in the Passaic County Jail pending initial court appearances this Wednesday in Superior Court in Paterson are Sergio Xochiulacuamatzi, 26, Christian Martinez, 21, both from Passaic, and Richard Arriaga, 25, of Wayne. All are accused of stabbing a 29-year-old Passaic man on Van Buren Street off Lexington Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint releas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies
SEE Anything? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies A 49-year-old Passaic pedestrian who was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver died of his injuries, authorities said. Charges against whoever was responsible will include death by auto (vehicular homicide) following the death of Paresh Rana. Rana died Tuesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman announced on Thursday. Rana was crossing Pennington Avenue when he was struck and critically injured by a southbound vehicle at the corner of Gregory Avenue in the city around 8 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Regiona…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Man, 49, Critically Injured In Hit-Run SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Man, 49, Critically Injured In Hit-Run
SEE Anything? Passaic Man, 49, Critically Injured In Hit-Run A 49-year-old Passaic pedestrian was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver, said authorities who turned to the public for help. Paresh Rana was crossing Pennington Avenue when he was struck by a southbound vehicle at the corner of Gregory Avenue in the city around 8 p.m. Sunday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. Rana remained in critical condition at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, they said. They asked that anyone who might have witnessed the crash or has information that can help authorities catch the driver c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In Passaic By Driver From Spain Authorities: Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In Passaic By Driver From Spain
Authorities: Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In Passaic By Driver From Spain A driver from Spain was behind the wheel of an SUV that struck and killed a 64-year-old woman in Passaic before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Mary Hernandez of Passaic was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital shortly after the 6:05 a.m. crash in the 200 block of Gregory Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint release. Manuel Henry Tolivia Gimeno, 48, of Valencia, Spain was driving the 2018 Toyota 4-Runner that struck Hernandez as she crossed the street, the release says. It doesn't address an earlier report on Daily …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dive Teams Try To Retrieve Man's Body From Passaic River Dive Teams Try To Retrieve Man's Body From Passaic River
Dive Teams Try To Retrieve Man's Body From Passaic River Authorities Monday morning were resuming efforts to retrieve a body in the Passaic River between Wallington and Passaic. It was immediately unclear whether it could possibly be a man who Garfield police were told jumped from a bridge over the river the night before. Members of the Wallington Fire Department Emergency Squad were out on a drill Sunday when a sonar camera spotted what they later said appeared to be a body. It surfaced near Gregory Avenue after backups from Lyndhurst, Oradell, Mahwah and Passaic arrived. The rough current eventually forced them to call off the recovery unt…

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by Jerry DeMarco