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Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew
Phil Sent Me: Paterson PD Raids After-Hours Joints That Defied COVID Curfew The doors were locked and the windows tinted or covered up while parties inside raged hours past the 10 p.m. COVID curfew. Paterson vice squad detectives raided three legitimate businesses-turned-speakeasies whose operators apparently thought no one was looking, authorities said Saturday. One of them wasn't even a bar, they said. Another, La Fuente Bar on Ellison Street, had its front security gates down and patrons ducking in through a back door after being cleared by the manager, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives knocked more than once, but the manager, 49-year…

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