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Guilty: Pair Convicted Of Murder In Passaic Drive-By Shooting After Covid-delayed Case Resumes
Two Passaic men were convicted of murder, among other charges, for the drive-by shooting death of a 23-year-old city resident after a previous attempt at prosecuting them was derailed by COVID.
Jurors in Paterson found Nelson Vargas, 29, and Christopher Reynoso, 22, guilty of attempted murder, as well, for the wounding of another man in the shooting. Both Vargas and Reynoso were also convicted of conspiracy and weapons offenses.
Hansel Castillo was gunned down outside a home on Federal Street on May 15, 2017.
Both he and Bryan Cabrera, 20, of Woodland Park, who was wounded in the shooting…
Authorities ID Suspect Wounded In Police-Involved Shooting, Say He 'Refused To Comply'
Authorities say a 37-year-old man who was brandishing a gun at a Dollar General Store refused to comply with police before he was shot by an officer.
On Tuesday, May 24, at 9:35 a.m., Absecon and Pleasantville police responded to the store in the 700 block of New Road, Absecon for a man armed with a gun inside the store.
The suspect, Jalial Whitted, of Absecon, was located inside the store by police and ordered to exit the store, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Once outside the store, Whitted refused police officer commands and reached for a weapon that was located in…
