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Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say
Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say Just like the speakeasys of the Prohibition-era 1920s, illegal nightclubs stocked with booze, music and more are sprouting up amid COVID restrictions in New Jersey, including two that Paterson police raided this past week.  Those followed one less than a week earlier in Englewood. “You may think this game of cat-and-mouse ... is kind of cute, but let’s be honest, it can be deadly,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. “And, by the way, when you act like a knucklehead, you show your true self. You show you don’t care about your community. You show you don’t care about your customers or your e…
Paterson 'Hot Spot' Detectives Seize Ex-Con With Loaded Gun, Drugs Paterson 'Hot Spot' Detectives Seize Ex-Con With Loaded Gun, Drugs
Paterson 'Hot Spot' Detectives Seize Ex-Con With Loaded Gun, Drugs Detectives with a targeted Paterson police detail seized a local ex-con who was carrying a loaded gun along with cocaine and pot, authorities said. Detectives Salvatore Macolino and William Palomino and Detective Sgts. Mohan Singh and Wayne Bizzaro were focusing on hot spots for drug-dealing and violence when they spotted Glenn Martin on East 23rd Street near 11th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Seeing the investigators, Martin hustled away, trying to conceal what turned out to be a fully loaded .40-caliber Taurus handgun, Speziale said. Palomino took Martin into custody, afte…