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Two Men, Boy Seized On Attempted Murder Charges Following Passaic Drive-By Two Men, Boy Seized On Attempted Murder Charges Following Passaic Drive-By
Two Men, Boy Seized On Attempted Murder Charges Following Passaic Drive-By UPDATE: Two men and a teenage boy were seized by detectives on attempted murder charges for firing from a car into a crowd of people on a Passaic street last month, authorities said. Kenneth Garcia, 21, and ex-con Luis Ledesma, 22, both of Passaic, and the 16-year-old boy were taken into custody by city detectives earlier this week in connection with the March 26 drive-by shooting on Monroe Street near Myrtle Avenue, they said. No one was injured in the shooting, responders said at the time. Along with attempted murder, Garcia and Ledesma were charged with aggravated assault, employing a j…

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Post-Christmas Passaic Fire Ravages One Home, Damages Others Post-Christmas Passaic Fire Ravages One Home, Damages Others
Post-Christmas Passaic Fire Ravages One Home, Damages Others A Sunday fire ripped through one Passaic home and extended to others on either side. The heavily-involved blaze on Harrison Street near Myrtle Avenue began as two alarms at around 9:15 a.m. Heavy fire in the rear of the building eventually began consuming the rest of the 2½-family house -- eventually blowing through the roof -- while spreading to two others. Flames blew through the roof of the Harrison Street home in Passaic.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze appeared knocked down a couple of times before eventually being declared under control around 11 a.m. A firefighter sustain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens PHOTOS: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens
Photos: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens An off-duty firefighter alerted residents to a gas-fed blaze that ravaged three homes Saturday morning in Passaic, displacing nearly three dozen people. More than 120 firefighters responded to the fierce four-alarm blaze, which roared across the multi-family dwellings on Oak Street after breaking out shortly after 8 a.m., responders said. An off-duty firefighter helped get the buildings evacuated, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said "There was a tremendous amount of fire through [two of ] the buildings, with a partial collapse," Trentacost said. Definitely one (middle) and possibly two…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CLEARED: Grand Jury Finds Fatal Police Shooting Of Attacker Pointing Gun At Woman Was Justified CLEARED: Grand Jury Finds Fatal Police Shooting Of Attacker Pointing Gun At Woman Was Justified
Cleared: Grand Jury Finds Fatal Police Shooting Of Attacker Pointing Gun At Woman Was Justified A Passaic man had a gun pointed at a kneeling woman in front of him when a city police officer shot and killed him, authorities said Friday. Surveillance video of the incident convinced a state grand jury to clear the officer Friday of any criminality in the death of 24-year-old Randy Sanchez nearly a year ago. Passaic police responding to several 911 calls of shots fired shortly after 11:30 p.m. Jan. 31 spotted three men standing on Myrtle Avenue, authorities said. Two of the men immediately ran, they said. Sanchez “pointed a handgun at the officers’ arriving vehicle before running north…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Drunken Passaic Pedestrian Struck By Hit-Run BMW SEE ANYTHING? Drunken Passaic Pedestrian Struck By Hit-Run BMW
SEE Anything? Drunken Passaic Pedestrian Struck By Hit-Run BMW The driver of a BMW that struck a drunken pedestrian crossing a Passaic street Tuesday night kept going, said authorities who were searching for the vehicle. The 29-year-old Passaic victim was struck at Myrtle Avenue and Sherman Street around 8:45 p.m., Capt. Jonathan Schaer said. The black, four-door sedan took off, a witness told police. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with a cut on his ear, the captain said. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash, or has information that could help find the driver, is asked to contact Passaic police: (973) 365-3900.

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by Jerry DeMarco