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GOTCHA! Paterson Police Quickly Nab Suspect In Afternoon Street Shooting GOTCHA! Paterson Police Quickly Nab Suspect In Afternoon Street Shooting
Gotcha! Paterson Police Quickly Nab Suspect In Afternoon Street Shooting Officers responding to a report of a car parked in a bus stop Saturday ended up arresting a gunman moments later, authorities said. The officers had just pulled alongside the illegally parked Honda Civic in the 100 block of 20th Avenue around noon when a shot rang out up the block at Summer Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Officer Brian DeCando alerted his colleagues to a Hispanic man in a red shirt, Speziale said. Moment later, Officers Ramie Nouh and Ryan Fitzsimmons found Ambiorix Garcia Jr. crouching in the rear corner of a two-family home and took him into cust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash
Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson detectives seized more than 2,000 heroin folds, 82 bags of crack and more than $5,200 in drug proceeds in a pair of busts. The investigators were in an unmarked car Thursday night when they saw a heroin deal go down in the parking lot of the Popeye’s on Market Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They moved in and arrested Muhammad R. Al-Barr, 49, of Newark, who they said sold 10 heroin envelopes to a 27-year-old Rahway woman, Speziale said. Seized were 1,250 heroin folds, 82 crack baggies, two crystal meth baggies and $2,513 in cash, he…

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Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery Paterson detectives nabbed two gunmen who looked like they were about to rob a city gas station, authorities said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir spotted four suspect acting suspiciously around a vehicle stopped near the Power Gas station on 21st Avenue at Madison Street shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. One of them was wearing a full face mask, he said. As the detectives approached, the vehicle drove off with two occupants while two other men tried to hide behind a parked car, Speziale said. Both then took off on foot down Madison Stree…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting
One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting A 24-year-old Paterson man was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Thursday night, authorities confirmed. Responders furiously tried to resuscitate Kelvin Mejia after finding him in the street at the corner of 20th Avenue and East 29th Street shortly before 9 p.m. Mejia was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a release Friday. The second victim, 29, arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle and remained there after surgery, they said. Valdes an…

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by Jerry DeMarco