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Robert Santiago

NIGHT SHIFT: Paterson Detectives Seize Three Guns Within Hours Of One Another NIGHT SHIFT: Paterson Detectives Seize Three Guns Within Hours Of One Another
Night Shift: Paterson Detectives Seize Three Guns Within Hours Of One Another A trio of Paterson police detectives seized three guns in separate arrests on the same shift, authorities said. Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, Luis Roca and John Traynor had to chase Rashane Lewis down on foot after he broke from a large crowd at 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street around 1 a.m. Thursday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Lewis, 24, was carrying a 9mm Taurus semi-automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine when they grabbed him in the driveway of a 12th Avenue home, the director said. Two other men were arrested on weapons charges without incident earlier in the det…
PATERSON GANG WAR: Indictment Names 16 Heavily-Armed Members Of Drug-Dealing '400 Block' Crew PATERSON GANG WAR: Indictment Names 16 Heavily-Armed Members Of Drug-Dealing '400 Block' Crew
Paterson Gang WAR: Indictment Names 16 Heavily-Armed Members Of Drug-Dealing '400 Block' Crew Sixteen Paterson drug dealers who authorities said defended their turf against rivals by heavily arming themselves with guns and large-capacity magazines have been indicted by a state grand jury. Six handguns were seized, including a “community gun” shared by members of the “400 Block” set of the Trinitarios, who authorities said dominated the heroin, cocaine and opioid pill trade in the center of the city. So were nearly 800 rounds of ammunition and six large-capacity magazines, they said. The indictments stem from an eight-month investigation dubbed “Operation Park and Pennington,” which…