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140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say 140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say
140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say A driver with Canadian license plates on his vehicle was carrying the 140th gun seized by Paterson police on the street this year, authorities said Thursday. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta were moving a group that was loitering at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when they noticed a double-parked blue Jeep blocking traffic. The detectives approached Terrell Johnson, 29, of Newark and found him carrying a loaded 9mm Luger, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives arrested Luger, who was sent to the Passaic County Jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns
Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns A 15-year-old Paterson boy and a Garfield man were both carrying guns when they bailed out of a car that crashed during a late-night police chase, authorities said.  That made five guns in all seized by Paterson police amid a series of shootings that left one man dead and 13 victims wounded in less than a week. Sgt. Christopher Ravallese and Detective Salvatore Marotta were on COVID-19 social distancing duty at 10:50 p.m. Saturday when they tried to stop a black Mercedes on Lafayette Street that was being sought in an investigation, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver thre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison
Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Paterson police seized five guns in three days – three in the hands of juveniles and another on a convicted carjacker just released from prison -- amid a series of shooting in the city, authorities said. Hearing several gunshots Thursday night, Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova rushed from Clinton and North 11th streets to North 8th Street, where they spotted city resident Shamel Wilkins, 24, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Wilkins shoved a gun into his pocket as they approached, then threw it to the ground as he ran, Speziale said. Wilkins was released from sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prank? Foul Play? Handyman Says Set Of Woman’s Clothing Found In Fair Lawn Woods Prank? Foul Play? Handyman Says Set Of Woman’s Clothing Found In Fair Lawn Woods
Prank? Foul Play? Handyman Says Set Of Woman’s Clothing Found In Fair Lawn Woods It’s a mystery, for sure, why a set of women’s clothing apparently wound up in a wooded section of Fair Lawn – only to be discovered months later near a handyman’s garage.  “If anybody has any information that could help, we ask that they call us,” Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday afternoon, as social media shares and comments began gaining steam. Handyman David Carota laid out each item after his wife, young daughter and two other kid found them rolled up near his garage.  He took photos and posted them on Facebook, along with theories on how the set of jeans (size 28), Ra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep As detectives watched, a Clifton ex-con who was in a large group causing a disturbance on a notorious Paterson street corner pulled a gun from his waistband and stashed it behind a garbage can, authorities said. The arrest was part of a special initiative over the weekend to fight crime and disorder -- and included participation not only by city police but also city firefighters, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office and the federal Office of Homeland Security (HSI), authorities said. The "Safe Streets" operation turned up seven illegal guns in all and produced nearly 2,400 summo…

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by Jerry DeMarco