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'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei” -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…
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7-Year-Old Child Stabbed Dead In Paterson
UPDATE: Responders furiously tried to save the life a 7-year-old Paterson boy whom authorities said was stabbed dead by his mother early Saturday. Iris Tolentino, 46, also stabbed the dead boy's 17-year-old brother, who was holding a bathroom closed to keep her restrained until police arrived, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The younger boy, whom neighbors called David, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. The older brother was treated for a stab wound to his upper arm be…
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: Seven Shot In Pair Of Paterson Drive-Bys, Police Eye Battle Over Drug Turf
Gang warfare was suspected in the wounding of five men and two women -- one of whom was shot in the head -- in a pair of Paterson drive-bys less than a half-hour apart, responders said. Witnesses reported seeing the same white Acura flee the shootings in two drug-infested neighborhoods, as gunfire in the Silk City continues to escalate. A drive-by at the corner of 30th Street and 22nd Avenue wounded five city men ranging in age from 22 to 27 shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. All…
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Four Shot, Two Dead In Dawn-To-Dusk Paterson Shooting Spree
WILD WEST: Gunfire continued to escalate in the Silk City on Saturday, with four people struck and two killed, authorities said. Police responding to a 6:57 p.m. call found Jose Figureoa, 21, lying in the street with several bullet wounds near the corner of Totowa and Redwood avenues, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. It’s the same corner where, hours earlier, a bullet fired into a residence wounded another man. SEE: Shot Fired Outside Paterson Apartment Wounds Tenant Figueroa was taken to St. Joe’s, where he was…
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Shot Fired Outside Paterson Apartment Wounds Tenant
A Paterson man escaped a worse fate when he was grazed by a gunshot fired from outside his apartment Saturday afternoon, authorities said. City fire EMS personnel treated the 44-year-old victim at the scene following the noontime shooting near the corner of Redwood and Totowa avenues, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief joint released. He refused further treatment, they said. “Based on the initial investigation it appears the victim was located inside the residence and was struck by a projectile that entered the residence,” …
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DOE: Dead Man With 9 Bullet Holes, No ID Dumped At Paterson Hospital
An unidentified man with nine gunshot wounds was pronounced dead after someone dropped him off before dawn Saturday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, authorities said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora didn’t say whether the “individuals” who brought him to the hospital in a private vehicle around 5 a.m. stuck around or had been identified in any way. They did say in a brief release that the victim was “immediately rushed into the emergency room for treatment where it was determined that he had suffered 9 gunshot wounds”…
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: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest
A shooting victim killed Sunday night in a notorious drug-ridden Paterson neighborhood was identified as a deaf city man whose arrest three years ago sparked local outrage. Raaseon Adams, 45, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center at 7:10 p.m. less than a half hour after he was shot on Summer Street near Hamilton Avenue, authorities said. They didn't say whether the shooter had been arrested or identified. A video of city police using force to arrest Adams in September 2018 produced a viral video and an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office – in conju…
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: Four Wounded As Bullets Fly In Paterson
Three men and a woman were hospitalized in a trio of Paterson shootings in a span of barely six hours, authorities said. The first two men – one, 20, from the city and the other a 22-year-old Wallingon resident – arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via private vehicle shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday, they said. Both had been struck in a drive-by shooting on East 27th Street between Park and 17th avenues, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Police responded to another shooting shortly before 10 p.m…
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Paterson Woman Gets Summons After 6-Month-Old Suffers Second-Degree Burns
A Paterson woman remains free pending a hearing after a 6-month-old was hospitalized with second-degree burns, authorities said. Tashia Davis, 41, was charged with child endangerment after detectives interviewed the child’s sister and other witnesses, they said. City police were called to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the infant was admitted on Dec. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and city Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. An investigation by Valdes’s Special Victims Unit and Baycora’s detectives led to Davis’s arrest on Frid…
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Stretch Limo Drive-By: Victim Critical After Paterson Liquor Store Shooting
An assailant fled in a white stretch limousine after shooting a victim in the back in a Paterson liquor store Wednesday afternoon, responders said. Police said they stopped the vehicle and took three suspects into custody minutes after the 1:30 p.m. shooting at Angel's Wine & Liquors at the corner of 6th Street and Clinton Avenue. The 35-year-old victim, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after police found him seriously wounded outside the store. He was in critical condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibra…
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Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Three Kids
Authorities on Friday arrested a Paterson man who they said sexually abused three city children in their home, authorities charged. Omar Williams, 34, “entered a residence and engaged in sexual conduct with three child acquaintances” the morning of Jan. 18, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement Friday. The victims immediately reported it, they said, without explaining why it took more than two months to arrest and charge Williams following an investigation by Valdes’s Special Victims Unit. Williams remained held F…
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Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting
Paterson detectives captured a city man wanted in connection with a shooting late last month that critically wounded another man, authorities said Saturday. Roshane James, 21, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in the 9 p.m. shooting at the corner of 9th and Madison avenues on Jan. 29. The 31-year-old victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in critical condition and survived his injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. They stopped short of calling James the shooter, characterizing him in …
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