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13-Year-Old Paterson Drug Dealer Caught Packing A Pistol, Passaic County Sheriff Says
A 13-year-old Paterson drug dealer was carrying a loaded gun when Passaic County sheriff's officers busted him and a customer from Bergen County on a city street corner, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Adam Sanchez, 27, of East Rutherford, had just pulled up in a Volkwagen when Passaic County Sheriff's Officer Peter Pelle and Ashraf Aburoumi approached them at the corner of Summer Street and Van Houten Avenue, the sheriff said. The juvenile admitted having the weapon, which turned out to be a 9mm Ruger P65DC loaded with eight rounds of ball-point ammo, he said. The gun…
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Four Nabbed With 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, Two Handguns, Passaic Sheriff Says
Sheriff's officers arrested four men and seized more than 200 heroin folds, 44 bags of crack and two handguns after watching a drug deal go down in Paterson, authorities said. The arrests and seizures come amid an announcement by Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik that his Quality of Life squad will furnish four officers a day from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. seven days a week to answer public calls in Paterson. Narcotics detectives using undercover vehicles were watching the area of East 19th Street between 17th Avenue and Market Street when a white Sprinter van driven by Julio Dela-Cruz, 44, …
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! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville
A fugitive wanted for hitting a Clifton police officer with his car was captured in Belleville by a Passaic County sheriff's detective and U.S. Marshals. Alberto Maymi-Sepulveda, 42, of Clifton, was exiting the Bank of America on Washington Street when Detective Luis Pagan and his federal companions snatched him up on Wednesday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Maymi-Sepulveda had eluded a manhunt for just over a month. Officers were responding to a June 18 report of a possible crime in progress on Valley Road near Gillies Street, Clifton Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said la…
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Passaic County Sheriff: Drug Detectives Nab Pair Of Older Dealers
Passaic County sheriff's detectives grabbed one Paterson man with several ounces of crack and another as he tried to flush more drugs, authorities said. Narcotics Bureau investigators followed and arrested Eric Seegers, 62, after watching Shawn Nero, 48, conduct business outside Nero's Madison Street apartment, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Seegers was carrying 6½ ounces of crack and $1,400 in suspected drug proceeds, the sheriff said. The detectives then doubled back to Nero's. Seeing them at the door, he rushed back into the apartment and tried to destroy the remaining…
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Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window
A repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history was arrested Thursday after he threw a concrete block through the front windows of the Passaic County Sheriff's forensic investigations unit, authorities said. A witness pointed officers to Carl Belton, 50, after the window at the Bureau of Criminal Identification near the Passaic County Jail at Marshall and Grand street was smashed, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Surveillance video confirmed that it was him, the sheriff said. Belton had outstanding warrants from Bloomfield (drinking in public), Trenton (the same, plus diso…
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Passaic Sheriff's Officers Thwart Escape Attempt By Reputed Gang Member
A member of a violent gang blamed for flooding the streets with lethal heroin escaped from custody but was captured by Passaic County sheriff's officers, authorities said. It was shortly before 7:30 a.m. when reputed Crips member Andre White, 44, made a break for it while being treated for an undisclosed injury at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. White was in custody awaiting trial following a major takedown by city and state authorities last fall of leaders, members and associates of the "42-50" subset of the Crips street gang in Paterson. The crew is…
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! Passaic Sheriff's Officer Captures Armed Attempted Murder Fugitive
A Paterson fugitive wanted on an attempted murder charge in Perth Amboy was carrying a handgun when he was captured by a Passaic County sheriff’s officer, authorities said. Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Fajardo found Samuel A. Zarzuela, 20, behind the wheel of a Honda Accord illegally parked near a stop sign on Redwood Avenue, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. While speaking with him and Alberto R. Rosario-DeJesus, 19, the sergeant smelled raw marijuana, Berdnik said. A search of the car turned up a Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm handgun. Also found was a small amount of pot, along with a digital s…
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Sheriff: Church Bell Ringer Who Played On Celine Dion CD Caught With Child Porn
A Passaic County sheriff’s security guard who’s also been a church handbell ringer for more than a quarter of a century was charged with having dozens of child porn images on his computer. Brian Tricoli, 49, of Hawthorne “self-reported a computer issue that he believed was related to possible child pornography that was stored on his computer,” Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Tricoli "turned over his computer and phone to detectives at that time and was suspended with pay on June 12 while detectives continued the investigation,” Berdnik said. “Detectives using several tools available to l…
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Convicted Child Porn Trafficker From Paterson Busted Again
A Paterson man who spent three years in state custody for trafficking child porn was arrested by Passaic County sheriff’s officers on similar charges Thursday. Raul O. Alarcon, 32, had 150 or so child porn images on his phone when detectives raided his residence, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Members of Berdnik’s Internet Crime Against Children Task Force began investigating after receiving a tip in February that Alarcon had sent an illegal image via instant message, the sheriff said. Detectives seized both his phone and digital camera, Berdnik said, adding that they wil…
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Authorities: West Milford Man, Underage Boy Exchanged Sexual Images Of Each Other
A West Milford man sent sexually explicit images to an underage boy and had him do the same, authorities said. New York State Police alerted authorities in Passaic County to Tekanand V. Singh, 28, who they said began messaging the boy after meeting him online. Singh “sent the victim photographs of himself” and “requested the victim engage in sexual acts [that] he instructed should be recorded and sent to him,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said in a joint release. “All images were obtained by law enforcement,” they added. Si…
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Passaic County Sheriff's Officer Defuses Standoff When Suspect Reaches Into Waistband
A standoff was avoided after a suspect approached by a Passaic County sheriff’s officer in a notorious Paterson drug neighborhood before dawn reached into his waistband, authorities said. Tremain Murphy, 37, was standing in a Carroll Street doorway near Governor Street when Officer Angelo Calabro approached him shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Murphy reached into his waistband and refused several of the officer’s orders to remove his hands, Berdnik said. After grabbing Murphy, Calabro patted him down, found him carrying 47 vials of crack and nine heroin fo…
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Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover
Passaic County sheriff’s officers found two men -- one of them an ex-con -- carrying loaded guns during a traffic stop overnight in Paterson, authorities said. Officers Angelo Calabro and Mathew Baskinger stopped a silver Mercedes Benz E-Class with an obstructed windshield at Washington Avenue and Ellison Street shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Rear passenger Mark Jackson, 27, who was holding an open bottle of Hennessey cognac made a “quick hand movement near his pants pocket,” Berdnik said. Suspecting he might be armed, Calabro ordered Jackson out of the…
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