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Police & Fire
'Drug Dungeon': Synth Pot Lab Found In Paterson Basement, 4 Firefighters Sickened By Fumes
Four firefighters were briefly hospitalized after an overnight explosion and fire at a large-scale synth pot lab in the basement of a Paterson home up the block from a school. The firefighters were evaluated as a precaution and then released from St.Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after they inhaled noxious fumes at the Illinois Avenue residence, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. “What it appears to be is a K2 mill,” Speziale said. Sold cheaply in packages the size of tea bags, K2 is what some officials have referred to as “weaponized marijuana.” It’s mixed with min…
Politics
Freeholder Calls Paterson Mayor ‘Punk,’ ‘Slimy Coward’ After National TV Interview
Passaic County Freeholder Theodore Best called Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh a “slimy coward” and “a punk” in a Facebook post Thursday night following a nationally televised interview the mayor gave MSNBC about the city’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Although initial projections were that 8,000 Paterson residents would contract COVID-19 by April 15, the actual number on that date over a month ago was about 2,500, Sayegh said, praising the work of city health officials and contact tracers. “It could have been far worse,” Sayegh said during an MSNBC interview segment with Chris Hayes …
Police & Fire
Update
: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes
High winds whipped a roaring fire that tore through a Paterson neighborhood Saturday night, destroying five houses, severely damaging a sixth and displacing 59 residents. No injuries were reported in the Beech Street blaze, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The Red Cross provided temporary shelter, food and clothing to the displaced. Fire officials who responded to the fire around 8:45 p.m. immediately called in a second alarm. What followed: In barely 10 minutes, three houses were involved and a third alarm was transmitted; A fourth alarm went out almost immediately afte…
Police & Fire
Coronavirus Kills Paterson Police Officer
A 34-year-old Paterson police officer died Easter Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center of complications from the coronavirus, authorities said. Officer Francesco Scorpo, 34, was "a dedicated public servant who served our profession and our community with pride, honor and distinction," Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Scorpo joined the department in July 2015 and served in both the Patrol and Traffic Divisions. "A dedicated son, husband and father, Officer Scorpo was a family man who cared so very much about people and his profession," Speziale said. "He w…
News
Health Officials: Paterson Coronavirus Patients Not Sharing Contact Info Put City At Risk
Some Paterson residents who've tested positive for the coronavirus aren't sharing their close-contact information, putting their loved ones and others at risk, city health officials warned. "This is becoming a disturbing trend," Mayor Andre Sayegh said through a spokeswoman on Wednesday. "The result will be an increasing number of household contacts getting infected and spreading the disease within the city and elsewhere." The numbers of people infected with COVID-19 could increase dramatically if those who have the virus and those who have close contact with them aren't isolated…
News
Paterson Mayor: I've Tested Positive For
Covid-
19
“Today I found out that, like so many around the world, I have tested positive for COVID-19," Paterson Mayor André Sayegh said Tuesday. Sayegh said he was "one of hundreds of first responders and city employees tested this past weekend." "Even with all my careful efforts of social distancing for the last month -- keeping six feet away from all individuals, vigorously practicing good hand hygiene, and even over the last week, wearing a mask in public -- I have fallen prey to this virus," he said. COVID-19 is "a silent virus and I do not know exactly where I may have contracted it," the…
Police & Fire
Police: ‘Corona Virus’ Heroin Bags Found On Fleeing Paterson Suspect
It was bound to happen: A man chased down by Paterson police following a drug deal was carrying bags of heroin stamped “Corona Virus,” authorities said. Heroin marketed to current events is commonplace in the inner cities – from “WMD” and “Bin Laden” to “Hurricane Sandy,” “ObamaCare” and even “KURTCOBAIN.” Paterson Officer Jimmy Maldonado was on uniform patrol in the area of Godwin Avenue and Auburn Street on Sunday when he saw the deal go down, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The two men involved started to tip away as Maldonado approached, he said. One of them – identified as Tyron…
News
New Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Site At William Paterson Will Require Prescription
A coronavirus testing site will open at William Paterson University this week with a major difference from the state's first government-run site in Paramus. "You're gonna need a prescription," Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said Sunday afternoon. "At Bergen Community College, they are screening on site -- that's what you attribute the long lines to," the mayor said. "They will not do that here." Several lanes will be open, with Passaic County sheriff's officers directing the traffic, Sayegh said. "Paramus Road has become congested," he said. "This will keep the traffic flowing. It will move …
Lifestyle
Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open
Kassandra Gutierrez has been researching the restaurant industry since she was a kid growing up in Miami. She poured over magazines, books and online articles -- eventually graduating from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Gutierrez is taking all she's learned over the past decade and giving the recipes she grew up on a little twist at her very first restaurant, Mima's Cuban Cantina. Now open in East Rutherford, Mima's pays homage to Gutierrez's Cuban roots but will also speak to her years of professional culinary experience, she says. "Cuban food is pretty…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Clifton Man Threatened New Paterson Police Chief Over His Race, Religion
UPDATE: Paterson’s first Muslim police chief wasn’t in the job long when he became the target of texted threats from a 28-year-old Clifton man because of what authorities said Monday are his race, religion and nationality. Stefan Keco was arrested and charged after being identified by Paterson detectives following the threats to Police Chief Ibrahim “Mike” Baycora, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. Keco "sent threatening text messages to Chief Baycora with the purpose to intimidate him because of the chief's religion, race and national origin," Passaic County Prosecutor Camel…
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Prosecutor: Clifton Man Threatened New Paterson Police Chief Over His Race, Religion
Paterson’s first Muslim police chief wasn’t in the job long when he became the target of texted threats from a 28-year-old Clifton man because of what authorities said are his race, religion and nationality. Stefan Keco was arrested and charged after being identified by Paterson detectives following the threats to Police Chief Ibrahim “Mike” Baycora, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. Keco "sent threatening text messages to Chief Baycora with the purpose to intimidate him because of the chief's religion, race and national origin," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said …
Police & Fire
Video
: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says
Paterson firefighters “saved a neighborhood” when they doused a blaze that collapsed the rear of a vacant building late Monday and spread to an adjoining building, Mayor Andre Sayegh said. No injuries were immediately reported in the four-alarm fire, which broke out around 10 p.m. in the first-floor rear of a vacant 2½-story mixed-use building on Rosa Parks Boulevard. Flames quickly rushed up through the building, collapsing the rear roof. The fire spread to a three-story, multi-family house next door, displacing 10 people, authorities said. The Passaic County prosecutor’s arson unit was…
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