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Female Driver Wanted For Menacing With Gun Caught With 2 Firearms, Wanted Passenger: Haledon PD Female Driver Wanted For Menacing With Gun Caught With 2 Firearms, Wanted Passenger: Haledon PD
Female Driver Wanted For Menacing With Gun Caught With 2 Firearms, Wanted Passenger: Haledon PD A fleeing driver who wielded a firearm during an argument had a gun under her seat and another under her passenger's -- both loaded -- when she was stopped by Haledon police, authorities said. Leah Ruggerio, 29, "brandished a handgun and aimed it at another" during an unspecified dispute in the area of North 4th Street and Haledon Avenue in Paterson, Capt. George Guzman said. Ruggerio, accompanied by a male passenger, then sped north on Haledon Avenue in a silver Hyundai, he said. Haledon Officer Nasir Mora moments later saw Ruggerio abruptly turn the speeding vehicle left onto Harris Aven…

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Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds
Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Paterson detectives responding to a report of an armed assault chased down a teen who was carrying a loaded handgun and a 170 heroin folds, authorities said. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta, responding to a report of a group assaulting two victims, approached a group of of four on the corner of Jefferson and North 5th Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they got out of their car, the detectives saw one hand a plastic bag to another and tell him to run. The boy, 17, tossed the bag as he ran through rear yards on North 4th Street before Detectives Musta…

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One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups
One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups Authorities charged a Paterson man with a shooting that led to a stabbing, a home invasion and a robbery just weeks apart. Angel Florian, 19, was accused of a Jan. 18 robbery on East 22nd Street in Paterson. Florian also shot at an 18-year-old city man and missed, after which another assailant stabbed the intended victim on North 4th Street the night of Feb. 6, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Thursday. The second assailant hadn’t been identified, they said. Florian also wielded a gun when he and two accomplices entered a Godwin A…

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Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home
Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home One of two men who police said shot at and repeatedly stabbed an 18-year-old Paterson man in the stomach earlier this month was in custody, authorities announced Friday. Jefferson Acosta, 20, of Lawrence, MA was arrested Thursday on Market Street in connection with the Feb. 6 assault at a North 4th Street home, Massachusetts, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The victim had received a text telling him to come outside, where gunshots were fired at his feet and he was stabbed, responders said at the time. Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco