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Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson
Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson UPDATE: Three weeks to the day that a Haledon man mysteriously went missing in Paterson, no one seems any closer to finding him. According to family members, Felix DeJesus was last seen around 6 p.m. Feb. 2 near a Union Avenue bodega.  He’d been drinking quite a bit -- as he would often do, they said -- and apparently had been bothering a woman there, they said. Police responded and took DeJesus away in handcuffs, the bodega owner reportedly told them.  A detective later told a family member that the officers dropped DeJesus off near the corner of Preakness Avenue and Front Street withou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Minors -- 15, 16 -- Busted In Paterson Stolen Car Spree, Home Burglaries, Police Chase Minors -- 15, 16 -- Busted In Paterson Stolen Car Spree, Home Burglaries, Police Chase
Minors -- 15, 16 -- Busted In Paterson Stolen Car Spree, Home Burglaries, Police Chase The third teen who bailed out of a sedan stolen during a home burglary last weekend was caught by Paterson police, authorities said. The 15-year-old also was responsible for another home burglary in the city's Hillcrest section -- with another 15-year-old who also was seized -- as well as another car theft Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The 2014 Honda stolen during a home break-in Saturday night on Preakness Avenue was spotted a short time later by Officer Robert Klein Jr. at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Broadway, Speziale said. All three occupants bailed out after a brief purs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Charged With Killing Prospect Park Man Who Was Beaten, Thrown In Passaic River To Drown Pair Charged With Killing Prospect Park Man Who Was Beaten, Thrown In Passaic River To Drown
Pair Charged With Killing Prospect Park Man Who Was Beaten, Thrown In Passaic River To Drown Two Prospect Park men were charged with the murder of another man whom authorities said they beat and threw into the Passaic River to drown. Jorge Alcalde-Alfaro, 26, "was beaten up pretty good, but he was still technically alive when he got tossed in the river," an investigative source with direct knowledge of the homicide told Daily Voice at the time. On Saturday, authorities announced that they'd charged Luis Salas, 27, and Jonathan Cristobal, 23, with the May 1 killing in Westside Park in Paterson. Paterson and Prospect Park police handled the arrests following an investigati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Heroin OD Killed Carnival Worker At Paterson Park Authorities: Heroin OD Killed Carnival Worker At Paterson Park
Authorities: Heroin OD Killed Carnival Worker At Paterson Park A carnival worker whose body was found in an RV at Paterson's Westside Park early Thursday died of a heroin overdose, authorities said. His girlfriend summoned police just after 5:30 a.m. after finding him "unresponsive and cold to the touch," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. "The preliminary results of the investigation suggest that the death resulted from an overdose of heroin, and there is no indication that the death is suspicious," they said. The Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy …

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by Jerry DeMarco