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Paterson Officers Charged With Covering For NYPD Captain Indicted For Brutally Beating Woman Paterson Officers Charged With Covering For NYPD Captain Indicted For Brutally Beating Woman
Paterson Officers Charged With Covering For Nypd Captain Indicted For Brutally Beating Woman UPDATE: The other shoe finally dropped with the arrests of three Paterson police officers in connection with what authorities said was the kidnapping and brutal beating of an off-duty female NYPD commander from New Jersey by a fellow captain she'd been dating. Giuseppe Ciarla, Juan Cruz-Fernandez and Jason Schmid let then-NYPD Capt. Hariton Marachilian leave after finding the victim with clearly visible injuries from a vicious beating outside a Paterson restaurant in December 2022, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Marachilian and the female captain had been out to dinner wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Complaint Alleges How NYPD Captain Kidnapped, Brutally Beat Woman In Paterson Complaint Alleges How NYPD Captain Kidnapped, Brutally Beat Woman In Paterson
Complaint Alleges How Nypd Captain Kidnapped, Brutally Beat Woman In Paterson An off-duty NYPD commander kidnapped and brutally beat a New Jersey woman outside a restaurant in Paterson, authorities charged. Capt. Hariton Marachilian, a 45-year-old Long Island resident, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, Dec. 7, following his arrest for the alleged Dec. 10, 2022 incident. In what to some might resemble staged professional wrestling violence, a complaint filed by Paterson police says Marchilian viciously grabbed the victim by the hair and smashed her head into the dashboard of his car. But that was only the beginning, it says. Marchilian then chased…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
GOTCHA! Fairview Man Nabbed In 'Surprise' Shooting Death Of Brooklyn Ex-Con GOTCHA! Fairview Man Nabbed In 'Surprise' Shooting Death Of Brooklyn Ex-Con
Gotcha! Fairview Man Nabbed In 'Surprise' Shooting Death Of Brooklyn Ex-Con A Fairview man was charged with murdering a man who answered a knock at the door in his Brooklyn public housing apartment and was shot in the face. Andrae Robertson, 26, also was charged with gun possession in the March 8 shooting of Jerold Tindal, 47, an ex-con who reportedly was trying to turn his life around. Robertson shot Tindal in the face and bolted from the Independence Towers in Williamsburg. A father of four, Tindale had been arrested no fewer than 10 times, did three separate state prison stints and had been shot before. He was hospitalized and died six days after the shooting. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
NJ Native Riding Scooter Struck, Killed By Box Truck In NYC NJ Native Riding Scooter Struck, Killed By Box Truck In NYC
NJ Native Riding Scooter Struck, Killed By Box Truck In NYC A 24-year-old North Jersey native died days after being struck by a box truck in New York City last week, according to police and her obituary. Molly Pearson, a Ho-Ho-Kus native and Northern Highlands Regional High School graduate, was riding a scooter when the truck ran her over around 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 2, the NYPD said. The truck apparently tried turning onto Skillman Avenue from Meeker in Williamsburg, when the driver struck Pearson, authorities said. Both were heading east. Pearson was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where she died Saturday, authorities said. The truck driver remained on…

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by Cecilia Levine