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Paterson PD Raids Stash House That Supplied Open-Air Drug Market At City Park Paterson PD Raids Stash House That Supplied Open-Air Drug Market At City Park
Paterson PD Raids Stash House That Supplied Open-Air Drug Market At City Park Dealers were doing brisk business at an open-air drug market in and around a Paterson park when city police raided their stash house, seizing 1,500 heroin folds, nearly 100 vials of crack and two handguns. As the investigators watched, a three-man team of dealers took orders and retrieved drugs for buyers from an apartment over a Rosa Parks Boulevard storefront around the corner from Barbour Park, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday. After a series of arrests, they obtained warrants and hit the apartment, he said. There, the director said, they seized: a .38-caliber Taurus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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15-Year-Old Paterson Armed Robber Caught With Loaded Gun, Among 3 Weapons Seized In Three Days 15-Year-Old Paterson Armed Robber Caught With Loaded Gun, Among 3 Weapons Seized In Three Days
15-Year-Old Paterson Armed Robber Caught With Loaded Gun, Among 3 Weapons Seized In Three Days Three guns in three days were seized in separate incidents by Paterson detectives, including one carried by a 15-year-old armed robber, authorities said. Investigators watched several deals at Broadway and Summer Street, an area notorious for drugs and shootings, before moving in on Jamir King, 22, as he got into an SUV, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver, Tremaine Jones, 30, stuffed some crack vials into a bag as they approached and then took off on foot, Speziale said. Detective Suquan Garry chased down Jones while Detectives William Hermann and Brian Culmone grabbed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say 140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say
140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say A driver with Canadian license plates on his vehicle was carrying the 140th gun seized by Paterson police on the street this year, authorities said Thursday. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta were moving a group that was loitering at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when they noticed a double-parked blue Jeep blocking traffic. The detectives approached Terrell Johnson, 29, of Newark and found him carrying a loaded 9mm Luger, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives arrested Luger, who was sent to the Passaic County Jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Seize Guns In Separate Street Arrests Paterson Detectives Seize Guns In Separate Street Arrests
Paterson Detectives Seize Guns In Separate Street Arrests Paterson street-crime detectives seized guns from two 20-year-old men in separate arrests a little over five hours apart. Detectives Anthony Nestico and Ismael Kivanc found the first handgun and played prominent roles in seizing the second, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Nestico and Kivanc immediately smelled pot after pulling over a black Ford Taurus in the 700 block of East 19th Street for equipment violations just after 7 p.m. Thursday, Speziale said. Moments later, they found a loaded 9mm handgun that had been reported stolen out of North Carolina, the director said. They arrest…

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by Jerry DeMarco