Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics
Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics UPDATE: A Paterson man who posted a graphic video of a child being sexually assaulted and then convinced an 11-year-old girl to send him naked photos of herself must spend at least 15 years in federal prison. Jose Minaya, 27, has to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 186-month sentence approved by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must remain under lifetime supervised release and register as a sex offender under the terms of a deal he cut with the government. Minaya “used a web-based application to engage an 1…
Gang Member Who Stabbed New Leonia GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison Gang Member Who Stabbed New Leonia GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison
Gang Member Who Stabbed New Leonia GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison UPDATE: A Paterson gang member was sentenced to 30 years in prison for stabbing his new girlfriend to death in the Leonia apartment that she shared with her young daughter. Murder pleas are rare in Bergen County, where deals are often cut for just about every other charge. Nile “OG Cripp” Diakos, 36, nonetheless got a deal from prosecutors in the March 26, 2022 stabbing death of Alicia Arnone, 35. In exchange for his guilty plea, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office agreed to a 30-year sentence – with no parole. Another five will be tacked on for stalking and weapons possession by a con…
'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting 'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting
'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting A Clifton ex-con and former associate of rapper Fetty Wap who taunted police on Instagram following a shooting at a local Dunkin’ Donuts is now in federal custody. Surveillance video shows Justin Pope, 36, firing several shots at a woman who fled a Mercedes Benz during an argument in the parking lot of the Van Houten Avenue donut shop shortly after 9 p.m. July 12, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. He missed her, but a bullet crashed through the window of the Dunkin' Donuts. The bullet ended up "lodged in an electronic menu screen located above the cash registers of the…
Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History
Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History One of two defendants publicly identified for the first time in the shooting of a New Jersey State Police detective in Paterson earlier this year once deliberately gunned down a 16-year-old boy, records show. Tajshmer Johnson and Queenasia McFarlane, both 30, were named in a state grand jury indictment returned Tuesday, July 25, that charges Jocquise Timmons, 28, with the NJSP shooting in early March. Authorities said Timmons stepped out from behind a parked vehicle and opened fire on two State Police detectives -- wounding one of them -- near the corner of East 26th Street and 9th Avenue.…
WINNERS: 3 Powerball Tickets Worth $50K Sold In NJ WINNERS: 3 Powerball Tickets Worth $50K Sold In NJ
Winners: 3 Powerball Tickets Worth $50K Sold In NJ Three lucky Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each were sold across New Jersey. The tickets, which matched four of the five white balls and the Power Ball for the Saturday, July 22 drawing, were sold at: Mak on Main Liquors, 1500 Main St., Asbury Park (Monmouth County) M & R Discount Liquors, 408 21st Ave., Paterson (Passaic County) Sunmart BP, 2014 Route 57, Hackettstown (Warren County) The winning numbers were: 25, 27, 36, 37, and 63. The Red Power Ball was 07, and the Power Play was 2X. Each winner will take home t…
Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI
Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI A convicted bank robber failed to hold up a bank in Elizabeth by threatening a "mass shooting" and then succeeded at another in Springfield by placing a device in front of a teller that he said was a bomb, federal authorities said. Sufyan A. Abdullah, 54, of Newark, handed the teller in the first bank a note on July 8 "claiming to have multiple firearms and threatening a 'mass shooting'," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He left empty-handed, the U.S. attorney said on Thursday, July 20. Abdullah, formerly of Paterson, entered the second bank on July 15 and "placed an object which he…
Body Of Missing Paterson Swimmer, 19, Recovered From Delaware River Body Of Missing Paterson Swimmer, 19, Recovered From Delaware River
Body Of Missing Paterson Swimmer, 19, Recovered From Delaware River Emergency crews have recovered the body of a missing swimmer from the Delaware River after a three-day search. Jose Madera Martinez, 19, of Paterson, was found around 11:15 a.m. Sunday, July 16 near Kittatinny Point in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, according to a release from the NPS. Madera Martinez was last seen “struggling in the current” around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at Karamac — located about a mile north of Route 80, Daily Voice reported. He was found in about 12 feet of water approximately one mile downstream. Madera Martinez had been trying to swim from t…
Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap
Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap Crews were continuing to search for a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing at the Delaware Water Gap. Witnesses said the Paterson man was trying to swim from the shoreline to the bridge abutments with three others when he began struggling in the current around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at Karamac — located about a mile north of Route 80, in Warren County, officials said. Three other swimmers were later rescued by volunteer rescue team members from Portland Hook and Ladder Company out of Portland, PA. None of the swimmers were wearing a life jacket. The swimmer disappeared under the water, w…
Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day
Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day An Amazon deliveryman was struck by a car while crossing a residential street in Fair Lawn -- and on Prime Day, no less. A 74-year-old Paterson resident was driving the 2013 Honda Civic that struck the 27-year-old worker from Sussex on quiet Pomona Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The victim, who was wearing a safety vest, sustained a head injury and some scrapes, the sergeant said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson by the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Macys said. An investigation was continuing, he sa…
Rapes, Beatings, Brandings: Married Paterson Sex Traffickers Who 'Defied Humanity' Go To Prison Rapes, Beatings, Brandings: Married Paterson Sex Traffickers Who 'Defied Humanity' Go To Prison
Rapes, Beatings, Brandings: Married Paterson Sex Traffickers Who 'Defied Humanity' Go To Prison A married Passaic County couple who operated a sex trafficking ring that raped, beat and branded women with the husband's name while he was in prison have been sentenced for their crimes, authorities announced. Enna Gonzalez, 58, was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in federal prison last Thursday, July 6, by U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark for crimes that one federal official said “defy humanity.” Her husband, Jean “Poison” Noriega, 52, also took a deal from the government and was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea, U.S. Attorn…
Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old
Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old A 25-year-old Morris County man raped a 13-year-old Elmwood Park child he held captive in his vehicle in Paterson, authorities charged. A judge in Paterson denied Luis Campos of Lincoln Park release, ordering that he remain held pending trial on two charges of first-degree aggravated assault and one of first-degree kidnapping, among other counts, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said on Thursday, July 6. Elmwood Park police referred the complaint to members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit on Jan. 7, the same day of the alleged incident, Valdes said. Her detectives inter…
Paterson Rallies Around Firefighter Severely Injured In Motorcycle Crash Paterson Rallies Around Firefighter Severely Injured In Motorcycle Crash
Paterson Rallies Around Firefighter Severely Injured In Motorcycle Crash Jonathan Roman is lucky to be alive. The Paterson firefighter, a veteran who served in Iraq, was on his way to work when he was involved in a motorcycle crash in Sept. 2022.  Roman lost a significant amount of blood and has faced numerous surgical procedures. Roman's wife, who was two months pregnant and raising their one-year-old daughter at the time of the crash, has been unable to work while she cares for her family. A fundraiser has been set up to assist with Roman and his family with medical bills and for a wheelchair accessible vehicle. As of Thursday, July 6, $10,670 has been r…