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Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds
Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds A 33-year-old Jersey City man was charged on Thursday, Dec. 19 with shooting rival gang members, authorities said. Micah Reid is a member of the Rutgers neighborhood street gang which operates in Triangle Park in Jersey City, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said.  On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2003,  Reid, driving a stolen vehicle, shot at members and associates of rival street gangs who were exiting a nightclub on Culver Avenue in Jersey City, Sellinger said. Six people suffered gunshot wounds, Sellinger said. Reid was charged with one count of violent crime in aid of racketeering …
PA Teen Sentenced To 45 Years To Life For Reading Murder Of NJ Woman: DA PA Teen Sentenced To 45 Years To Life For Reading Murder Of NJ Woman: DA
PA Teen Sentenced To 45 Years To Life For Reading Murder Of NJ Woman: DA A Reading teenager pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for killing a 30-year-old New Jersey woman in 2023, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced Thursday, Dec. 5. Henry Mendoza, 19, entered the plea before Berks County Common Pleas Judge Patrick T. Barrett for the shooting death of Natalie Classen, a Hoboken, NJ native recently living in Reading. The fatal shooting occurred at the intersection of 10th and Greenwich streets in the early morning hours of June 15, 2023, prosecutors said. Mendoza, then nine days shy of his 18t…
Newark Gang Member Left 'Trail Of Blood': Feds Newark Gang Member Left 'Trail Of Blood': Feds
Newark Gang Member Left 'Trail Of Blood': Feds A 24-year-old Newark resident and a member of the Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 14,  to 28 years in prison for his role in numerous shootings, authorities said. US Attorney Philip Sellinger said Elijah Williams left a trail of blood after terrorizing the streets for seven years, from 2015 to 2022. In September 2018 in Newark, Williams attempted to murder a rival gang member by shooting at four people, leaving one paralyzed, Sellinger said.  In March 2019 in Irvington, Williams fatally shot another person in retaliation for the murder of a mem…
Paterson Detectives Probing Teen Shootings Rammed By Vehicle, Juvenile Nabbed, Guns Seized Paterson Detectives Probing Teen Shootings Rammed By Vehicle, Juvenile Nabbed, Guns Seized
Paterson Detectives Probing Teen Shootings Rammed By Vehicle, Juvenile Nabbed, Guns Seized UPDATE: A Paterson police detective's car was rammed by a stolen vehicle tied to the broad-daylight shooting of two teenagers earlier this month, authorities confirmed on Thursday. Investigators from the city's Street Crimes Unit spotted the vehicle shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, said Isa Abbassi, the state-appointed temporary officer in charge of the Paterson Police Department. It matched the description of one connected to the shooting of an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman -- both from the city -- at the intersection of East Holsman Street and North Bridge Street in the…
KILLING FIELDS: Another Dead, Two Wounded In Latest Paterson Shooting KILLING FIELDS: Another Dead, Two Wounded In Latest Paterson Shooting
Killing Fields: Another Dead, Two Wounded In Latest Paterson Shooting Paterson was already reeling from three fatal shootings in a single day when a 23-year-old Riverdale man was killed and a 19-year-old Elmwood Park man was critically wounded Tuesday in a hail of gunfire at one of the city's deadliest street corners. Gunfire erupted at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. Oct. 3. In addition to the dead and critically injured victims, a 57-year-old Paterson man took a bullet in the leg. He and the Elmwood Park teenager were being treated at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, where the third victim was pronounced dead. This…
SHOOTING SPREE: Two Teens, Young Woman Dead In Trio Of Paterson Attacks SHOOTING SPREE: Two Teens, Young Woman Dead In Trio Of Paterson Attacks
Shooting Spree: Two Teens, Young Woman Dead In Trio Of Paterson Attacks UPDATE: Gunfire claimed the lives of two 19-year-old men and a 22-year-old woman in a daylong Sunday shooting spree in three different Paterson neighborhoods. It began when no fewer than seven shots were fired at the busy intersection of Park Avenue and East 22nd Street, cutting down one of the men, shortly after 6:30 a.m. Oct. 1. Police found him on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi confirmed. He was pronounced dead a short time later at nearby St. Joseph’s University Medical …
Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another
Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Four days after authorities said he fired a gun at a sedan full of rivals in Passaic, a Clifton teen squeezed off 10 shots at another vehicle on the other side of the city, authorities said. Emmanuel Bernard, 18, was seized late last month in connection with a shootout on Brinkerhoff Place near Van Winkle Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. June 18. Bernard fired a handgun at a passing Honda Accord, then ducked when three men emerged from a Jeep Cherokee and began shooting at him, authorities said at the time. No injuries were reported. The others were rounded up quickly. Bernard was arrested th…
Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man
Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man UPDATE: Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a repeat offender from Elmwood Park who they said shot a 26-year-old Jersey City man several times in a Garfield shopping center parking lot this past weekend. Joshua Casiano, 29, was already wanted on warrants out of Passaic and Clifton, records show, when investigators said he shot the victim and left him behind the Citizens Bank branch at the Mill Shoppes of Garfield just off River Drive late Sunday, June 18. The victim survived the 11:45 p.m. shooting and was reported by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella to be in stable condition…
Pair Of Paterson Shooting Victims Show Up Elsewhere Pair Of Paterson Shooting Victims Show Up Elsewhere
Pair Of Paterson Shooting Victims Show Up Elsewhere Two men survived separate weekend shootings 10 hours apart in Paterson -- neither of whom was found at their respective scenes, authorities said. A 20-year-old city resident turned up at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after he was shot in the area of 11th Avenue and East 23rd Street shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, June 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. Paterson police responded to another call of a gunshot victim shortly after 6 a.m. Friday. Clifton police alerted them to a 28-year-…
EIGHT WOUNDED: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (UPDATE) EIGHT WOUNDED: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (UPDATE)
Eight Wounded: Trio Of Shootings Erupt Blocks Apart In Paterson (Update) UPDATE: Eight people were wounded, one of them a 13-year-old child, in a trio of shootings in Paterson just blocks apart, authorities confirmed. The youngest victim and a 19-year-old man were shot near the corner of East 18th and Fair streets around 9 p.m. Friday, April 14. Both were taken by ambulance to nearby St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Gunfire erupted again, this time at 12:50 a.m. Saturday in the area of East 22nd Street and 10th Avenue, barely a five-minute walk from …
UPDATE: Victim In Passaic County Shooting ID'd As Middlesex Woman, 23 UPDATE: Victim In Passaic County Shooting ID'd As Middlesex Woman, 23
Update: Victim In Passaic County Shooting ID'd As Middlesex Woman, 23 Authorities on Tuesday identified a victim shot in Prospect Park more than 36 hours earlier as a 23-year-old Middlesex County woman. The Fords victim was shot shortly before 3 a.m. Monday, April 10, at North 9th Street and Haledon Avenue, near the Paterson border, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari confirmed early Tuesday evening. She was dropped off at St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center in Wayne a short time after the shooting, and township police were notified.  The vehicle she arrived in was also secured as part of an investigati…
WILD WEST: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings WILD WEST: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings
Wild West: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings UPDATE: A man was shot in the chest on a Paterson street early Saturday, the morning after two others were wounded in separate shootings within one hour of each other. A 30-year-old delivery man was shot during an apparent robbery on East 23rd Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced. He was brought to Joseph's University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, she said. The second victim, a 40-year-old city man, wasn't so fortunate. He was in critical condition at St. Joe's after being shot multipl…
Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark
Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark A teen and four men were arrested for separate shootings and weapons offenses in Newark, authorities announced. A 16-year-old from East Orange was charged with weapon possession after a female victim walked into University Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound on Jan. 2, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The victim is reportedly in stable condition. Ahmed Rauf-Nomaw, 45, of Middle Grove, NY, was arrested on New Year's Day and is facing weapons charges after two male victims said he pointed a gun at one of them on the 900 block of South 16th Street, Frage s…
Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater
Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater A gunman fired shots at a Linden shopping center Monday, Oct. 10, local police said. Photos from the scene show police had taped off the area around the AMC Theater in the Aviation Shopping Plaza sometime after 4:15 p.m. Responding officers found multiple casings in the area. No injuries have been reported. This incident remains under investigation by the Linden Police Detective Bureau, and anyone with information is urged to contact Det. Daniel Hemenway at (908) 474-8532.
Two Dead Minutes Apart In Separate Newark Shootings Two Dead Minutes Apart In Separate Newark Shootings
Two Dead Minutes Apart In Separate Newark Shootings Two men died minutes apart in separate Newark shootings early Saturday, Oct. 8, officials said. Altariq Johnson, 36, was shot on the 100 block of Brenner Street while Jordan Rodriguez, 31, was shot on the 600 block of Broadway — both just after 3 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Johnson was pronounced dead at 3:42 a.m., and Rodriguez at 3:49 a.m., both at University Hospital. The investigations are active and ongoing. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-TIP…
GOTCHA! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By NYPD, ATF Captured By Fairview Police GOTCHA! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By NYPD, ATF Captured By Fairview Police
Gotcha! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By Nypd, ATF Captured By Fairview Police An armed and dangerous fugitive wanted by the NYPD and ATF had nowhere to run when Fairview police surprised him, authorities said. Alvin Eusebio, a 37-year-old ex-con, was wanted for shootings in Manhattan and Queens, as well as federal firearm offenses in Miami, when a colleague from the NYPD warrant squad told Fairview Police Detective Lt. Michael Martic that he might be in town. An Uber driver from the city had apparently dropped Eusebio off at an apartment building at the corner of Broad Avenue (Route 1&9) and Prospect Avenue in Fairview, the lieutenant said. Detectives obtained …
TWO-FER: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson TWO-FER: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson
Two-fer: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson Separate shootings near the same Paterson street corner sent two victims to the hospital less than 90 minutes apart. A 22-year-old city man got to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle after the first shooting near the corner of Godwin Avenue and Carroll Street shortly after 9:30 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief joint announcement. Police returned to the area shortly after 11 p.m. following a shooting that wounded a 46-year-old woman, they said. She was taken to the medical center by ambulance. …
PASSAIC SHOOTINGS: Two Caught, One Sought PASSAIC SHOOTINGS: Two Caught, One Sought
Passaic Shootings: Two Caught, One Sought Two men were being held and a third was being sought in connection with a pair of shootings less than an hour apart in Passaic, authorities said. Brandon Morales, 18, was charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses – including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm – in connection with the shooting of a 19-year-old man in the area of Passaic Street and 8th Street around 9 p.m. last Thursday. Morales, who was arrested in the area of Passaic and State streets on Sunday, remained held this Thursday, July 28, in the Passaic County Jail. The shooting for which he’s charged …
Grocery Store Worker Among Three Dead In Series Of Essex County Shootings Grocery Store Worker Among Three Dead In Series Of Essex County Shootings
Grocery Store Worker Among Three Dead In Series Of Essex County Shootings Three people were killed in a series of weekend shootings in Essex County, authorities said. The first incident was on Friday, July 15 on Oak Street in East Orange, where Antwan McAdoo, 42, of North Carolina, was found with gunshot wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was transported to University Hospital in Newark where he pronounced dead at 3:45 a.m. No arrests have been made. The second incident occurred Saturday, July 16, on the 700 block of 20th Street in Newark. There, Rasheed Mells, 24, of Irvington, was found having suffered gunshot w…
Convicted Gunman Just Released From Prison Nabbed In Garfield Bar Shooting Convicted Gunman Just Released From Prison Nabbed In Garfield Bar Shooting
Convicted Gunman Just Released From Prison Nabbed In Garfield Bar Shooting A 23-year-old ex-con from Garfield who was paroled only weeks ago after serving time for a drive-by was arrested and charged with a shooting last week at a local bar. Ramon Santana, 23, was wanted on a warrant for the 1 a.m. shooting on June 19 when Garfield Police Officer Nicholas Kopacz spotted him walking near the corner of Midland Avenue and Outwater Lane exactly a week later -- also around 1 a.m., Capt. Richard Uram said. The shooting capped an argument among several people outside The Hive Bar on Outwater Lane, he said. Santana, of Palisade Avenue, remained held in the Bergen County …
WILD WEST: Separate Paterson Shootings Send Victims To Hospital In Private Cars WILD WEST: Separate Paterson Shootings Send Victims To Hospital In Private Cars
Wild West: Separate Paterson Shootings Send Victims To Hospital In Private Cars Two men and a woman were wounded in a trio of separate weekend shootings in Paterson over a 36-hour period, authorities confirmed. None waited around for an ambulance – but were instead driven to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in private vehicles. The first victim, an 18-year-old city man, was wounded at the corner of East 24th Street and 15th Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, March 19, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday, a 26-year-old woman from Paterson showed up at St. …
Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By
Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By Two teenage boys were shot Tuesday night in Paterson, one in the arm and the other in the leg, responders said. Witnesses reported a dark-colored minivan fleeing toward Arch Street after the 11 p.m. shooting on Jefferson Street near North Main Street. A vehicle also was struck, they said. Both victims – one 15, the other 16 – were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. They didn’t say whether any suspects …
Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings
Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings A rash of shootings injured multiple people including teens and killed one person Tuesday night in Newark, authorities and news reports say. According to RLS Media, one victim walked into Beth Israel Hospital with a gunshot wound suffered on Grumman Avenue around 6 p.m. Then, two teens were injured in a shooting on the 100 block of Lincoln Street around 7:45 p.m., police said. A 16-year-old and 15-year-old were both hospitalized for treatment in the incident, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The 16-year-old was transported while the 15-year-old arrived at University H…
Separate Overnight Shootings Leave 1 Dead, 4 Wounded In Central Jersey, Authorities Say Separate Overnight Shootings Leave 1 Dead, 4 Wounded In Central Jersey, Authorities Say
Separate Overnight Shootings Leave 1 Dead, 4 Wounded In Central Jersey, Authorities Say Middlesex County authorities are investigating two shootings that left one person dead and four people wounded overnight, they said. The shootings occurred about three hours apart but appear to be related, authorities said Friday afternoon. A gunman allegedly fired at a vehicle at 2:08 a.m. Friday on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick, hitting two people, police said. Both victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where one later died from bullet wounds, they said. A second shooting victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was in stable condition on Friday, police said. T…
Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg
Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg No fewer than four people were wounded in a series of shootings in Paterson on Saturday. Three of them arrived in separate vehicles at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center -- all men, ages 24, 27 and 30 -- following a drive-by shooting shortly before 5 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victims were at the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Keen Street when a dark-colored motor vehicle pulled up and an occupant fired what responders said were at least seven rounds. Their injuries weren't considered life-t…
Two 14-Year-Olds Struck By Gunfire In Paterson Two 14-Year-Olds Struck By Gunfire In Paterson
Two 14-Year-Olds Struck By Gunfire In Paterson Two 14-year-olds escaped serious injury during a shooting Friday night in Paterson, authorities said. Police found one victim with a gunshot wound at the scene of the Market Street shooting near Madison Street at 10:40 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. The second, who’d been grazed, showed up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via a private vehicle a short time later, they said. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified.
Newark Police Seek 9 Fugitives Wanted For Murder, Violent Shootings Newark Police Seek 9 Fugitives Wanted For Murder, Violent Shootings
Newark Police Seek 9 Fugitives Wanted For Murder, Violent Shootings Police in Newark are turning to the public in seeking nine fugitives wanted in a series of violent crimes. Six are wanted for murder and three are wanted in shootings. Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara urges anyone with information on the whereabouts any of these suspects to call the Department's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477).   All anonymous Crime Stopper tips are kept confidential and could result in a reward.
UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest
Update: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest A shooting victim killed Sunday night in a notorious drug-ridden Paterson neighborhood was identified as a deaf city man whose arrest three years ago sparked local outrage. Raaseon Adams, 45, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center at 7:10 p.m. less than a half hour after he was shot on Summer Street near Hamilton Avenue, authorities said. They didn't say whether the shooter had been arrested or identified. A video of city police using force to arrest Adams in September 2018 produced a viral video and an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office – in conju…
Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021
Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 It didn't take long: Paterson's first shootings of the new year  left four people injured. Three victims in a gas station shooting all arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via private vehicle around 2 a.m., authorities said. The three men – one 28 and another 25, from Paterson, and a 26-year-old Orange resident – were wounded at an Exxon station across from the Lowe's on southbound Route 20, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All were in stable condition, they said. They weren’t Paterso…
HERO: NJSP Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan' HERO: NJSP Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan'
Hero: Njsp Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan' New Jersey State Police Trooper Rick Hershey was investigating a home invasion when the assailants returned and started shooting. Hershey took a bullet trying to protect their female target, but that wasn’t all. Despite a critical gunshot wound in his abdomen, the trooper whacked a fleeing vehicle with his service weapon in order to create a distinguishing mark that would help identify it. This week, the New Jersey State Police cited Hershey’s “fearless and courageous actions” in honoring him as its 2020 Trooper of the Year. It all began in the Harding Wood Trailer Park in the South Jerse…
UPDATE: Paterson Man, 19, Shot In Head Critical UPDATE: Paterson Man, 19, Shot In Head Critical
Update: Paterson Man, 19, Shot In Head Critical A 19-year-old man was in critical condition after he was shot in the head in Paterson, responders said. The victim, a Paterson resident, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the shooting at the corner of Garfield Avenue and Jefferson Street shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, they said. CPR was reportedly in progress as police blocked off intersections on the 2-mile route to the hospital. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed the shooting but didn't say whether any suspects were arrested or identified. It cont…