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Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say
Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Police who followed a blood trail after a 21-year-old Clifton man was stabbed in the back during a fight over a parking spot identified his assailant as an ex-con who’s already spent several years in prison for a series of violent crimes. Officers followed a blood trail along Van Winkle Avenue toward Passaic after responding to the 9 p.m. stabbing near Lake Avenue, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. They were quickly joined by a K9 team and crime scene detectives from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, he said. The officers began reviewing surveillance video along the trail and saw …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper
Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Two homeless men – one of them confined to a wheelchair -- mugged a Clifton resident coming out of a local supermarket, authorities said. Piotr Waszkiewica, 39, and wheelchair-bound Guy Shane Crocker, 53, approached the 66-year-old victim outside the Exito Supermarket in Botany Square on Tuesday and demanded $20, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When he refused, Waszkiewica and Crocker hit him, threw him to the ground and rifled through his pockets, taking $100, Bracken said. The took off, leaving the victim with facial injuries, he said. Detectives identified and arrested the pair Wedn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church
Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church A Clifton resident returning home before dawn was pistol-whipped and beaten unconscious by two masked robbers, said city police who sought witnesses. The 30-something victim, who was hospitalized with severe cuts on his face and head, told police he was attacked as he got out of his car on Fair Hill Road around 5:15 a.m. Sunday. One of the robbers hit him with a handgun during the beating, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. At one point, the victim apparently lost consciousness, Bracken said. His attackers then fled in at least one vehicle, he said. A Clifton Fire Department ambulance too…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed
Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Clifton police believe a botched pre-dawn robbery Wednesday left a 20-year-old Passaic man with several stab wounds. The victim was treated at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for leg wounds before being released, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He'd been stabbed on Lake Avenue near Hope Avenue just after 4:30 a.m., he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco