Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts A suspect who nearly drowned after jumping into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thursday. Borou…
2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson 2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson
2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson Paterson drug detectives seized 2,584 heroin folds, 327 bags of crack and a loaded gun in an apartment directly across the street from a mini-market where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month, authorities said. Detectives also found an assortment of drugs for sale -- including crystal meth, cocaine, oxycodone, Ecstasy and methadone -- while arresting Jeffrid Reneville, 18, and Julio Ortiz, 43, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A total of $3,690 in profits was also seized along with the drugs and a .25-caliber Colt handgun loaded with four rounds, the director…
Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River
Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River GOTCHA! A suspect who nearly drowned after he jumped into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thurs…
16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests 16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests
16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests A 16-year-old Paterson youth was one of three city residents arrested in separate gun-related incidents over a span of roughly 30 hours, authorities said. The teen was nabbed by Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, Suquan Gary, Joseph Aboyoun and John Traynor at the corner 12th Avenue and East 22nd Street shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. He was carrying a 9mm Girsan handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine, the director said. The teen was sent to the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark to await a closed-door hearing in the Family Part …
North Jersey Strip Club Owner Charged With Sexually Assaulting Dancer North Jersey Strip Club Owner Charged With Sexually Assaulting Dancer
North Jersey Strip Club Owner Charged With Sexually Assaulting Dancer The Bergen County owner of a Paterson strip club sexually assaulted one of his dancers, authorities charged. John Acunto, 62, of Ho-Ho-Kus was arrested in connection with a series of incidents in a "VIP room" at Johnny A’s Hitching Post on Barclay Avenue just off Valley Road and Route 19, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. Paterson police initially had responded to a report of a sexual assault at the club last Sept. 28, Valdes said. Members of her Sexual Investigations Unit then "collected evidence and interviewed the victim and witnesses" before charging Acunto with two counts…
Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed
Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed An 18-year-old drug dealer who was slinging crack outside the same Paterson mini-market where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month was caught with a loaded gun fitted with a high-capacity magazine, authorities said. Javarus Patterson tried to flee the corner of Essex and Madison streets but was quickly captured by Detectives John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci, Kenneth Kerwin and Luis Roca, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Patterson was carrying a .380-caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun equipped with a ”drum”-style magazine capable of firing more than 30 rounds…
Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon
Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon A driver was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he hit a Clifton police officer with his car on the shoulder of a highway and then led a pursuit that ended in a crash, authorities said. Officer George Balkjy had stopped a motorcycle on northbound Route 21 near Route 46 around 7 a.m. Tuesday when Luis Villalba, 21, of Paterson tried to pass bottlenecked traffic on the shoulder, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Balkjy stopped the vehicle and was approaching the driver's side when Villalba hit the gas and swerved toward the officer, hitting him in the arm and leg, Bra…
Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities
Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities An intruder climbed in through a Clifton child’s bedroom window, then raped and choked the trapped youngster, authorities said. Andres Vasquez, 24, of Belleville was captured on Friday after Clifton detectives interviewed the victim and witnesses following last Tuesday’s attack, they said. Vasquez, who has a criminal history, remains held in the Passaic County Jail, charged with first-degree aggravated assault and kidnapping, as well as sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint, criminal contact, burglary and child endangerment. Passaic County Prosecutor Cameli…
Wanaque Man, 24, Indicted For Assault Weapon, Explosives, Threatening Sister Wanaque Man, 24, Indicted For Assault Weapon, Explosives, Threatening Sister
Wanaque Man, 24, Indicted For Assault Weapon, Explosives, Threatening Sister A Wanaque man who threatened his sister with a knife had an assault weapon with a silencer and large-capacity magazine, as well as a pipe bomb, three other “destructive devices” and manuals, authorities said. Some of the details emerged in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson against Michael Wierciszewski, 24, in connection with the discovery at the family’s Jackson Street home and in his car last Nov. 24. Police at the time arrested Wierciszewski after he damaged his sister’s cellphone as she recorded him threatening her, authorities said. He was originally held in the P…
Clifton Police Officer Admits Sexually Assaulting Child, Faces 8½-Year Prison Minimum Clifton Police Officer Admits Sexually Assaulting Child, Faces 8½-Year Prison Minimum
Clifton Police Officer Admits Sexually Assaulting Child, Faces 8½-Year Prison Minimum It's over: A now-former Clifton police officer admitted Wednesday that he sexually abused a child, authorities said. In exchange for his guilty plea, Frank Castro-Ramirez, 40, is expected to be sentenced to 10 years in state prison, 8½ years of which he must serve before becoming eligible for parole, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. He has also surrendered his job, will remain on lifetime parole and must register as a Megan's Law sex offender under the terms of the plea deal with Valdes’s staff. Clifton police notified detectives with the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit of …
Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair
Paterson PD: Detectives Nab Neighborhood Drug-Dealing Pair If a pair of drug dealers thought they'd keep a low profile in a quiet Paterson east side neighborhood, they were mistaken, police said. Detectives seized nearly 1,300 heroin folds, a combined 73 Percocet and Xanax pills, 20 bags of crack and a half-pound of pot during warranted searches, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also arrested Jeremy Rodriguez, 23, who lives at the Trenton Avenue residence a block and a half down from School No. 25, and Bloomfield resident Arismendi Acosta, 18, on various drug charges, he said. Both men were sent to the Passaic County Jail to await …
Nearly 10 Pounds Of Pot Found In Haledon Pickup Stop: Bergen Driver, NY Passenger Arrested Nearly 10 Pounds Of Pot Found In Haledon Pickup Stop: Bergen Driver, NY Passenger Arrested
Nearly 10 Pounds Of Pot Found In Haledon Pickup Stop: Bergen Driver, NY Passenger Arrested A driver not wearing a seatbelt led to the discovery of nearly 10 pounds of pot and the arrests of two men -- one from Bergen County, the other from New York State -- Haledon police said. Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci stopped the 2008 Dodge Ram near the corner of Central Avenue and Ailsa avenues, Capt. George Guzman said. The officers got conflicting statements from both men, who'd been acting suspiciously, Guzman said. They also smelled what they believed was PCP in the pickup, which didn't have an inspection sticker, he said. A Passaic County sheriff's K9 was summoned and gave an …