Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den
Twin Offenders Jailed Following Raid On Paterson Drug Den Twin brothers with criminal records were among five men arrested by Paterson police during a raid on a local drug den that they said yielded hundreds of illegal prescription pills, heroin, cocaine and more. Detectives watched as a 31-year-old Garfield man bought several Oxycodone pills at a second-floor Pacific Street apartment near Main Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They followed the buyer, arrested him when he was out of the area, then raided the apartment, he said. Speziale said the detectives found: 151 Xanax pills; 106 Oxycodone pills; 37 Adderall pills; s…
Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash
Passaic Sheriff: Narcs Bust Paterson Man With 730 Heroin Folds, Ounce Of Crack, Drug Cash Passaic County sheriff's detectives busted a Paterson man with 730 heroin folds, an ounce of crack and nearly $1,500 in drug cash, authorities said. Manuel Ramos, 44, was charged with drug offenses and sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson following his arrest early Thursday, April 14, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Narcotics detectives seized Ramos while conducting a warranted search of Ramos's Butler Street home around 6:15 a.m., the sheriff said. The seized drugs were worth about $4,000 combined on the street, he s…
Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities
Ex-Con Tosses Loaded Gun During Paterson Police Chase: Authorities An ex-con tossed a loaded handgun as he ran from Paterson police, authorities said. Bilal McFadden, a 25-year-old purported gang member, bolted when the investigators approached him at the corner of Clinton and North 6th streets shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, April 11, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Suquan Gary, John Traynor, and Mustafa Dombayci and uniformed officers chased McFadden, who discarded a .40-caliber semi-automatic Smith & Wesson that slid under a parked vehicle. Traynor ended up catching him in a North 7th Street backyard. McFadden was sent to the Pa…
Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge
Clifton Child Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man 5+ Years Ago, Authorities Charge A 34-year-old Paterson man was charged with sexually assaulting a child in Clifton several years ago. Jonathan Monet was arrested after detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit interviewed the alleged victim and multiple witnesses, authorities said. The detectives began investigating after Paterson police alerted them in late March to allegations that Monet sexually abused the child at a home in Clifton between September 2016 and September 2017, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Authorities ended up charging him this week with aggravated s…
Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story
Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Jurors in Paterson convicted a Clifton man of sexually assaulting a child over the course of several years. A judge scheduled a July 15 sentencing for Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez, 35, after he was found guilty of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday, April 8. Members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit began investigating after being alerted by Clifton police in June 2018, Valdes said. The victim, who was 15 at the time, “reported being sexual…
Driver, Passenger Jailed After Paterson Detectives Find Gun, Drugs In Traffic Stop Driver, Passenger Jailed After Paterson Detectives Find Gun, Drugs In Traffic Stop
Driver, Passenger Jailed After Paterson Detectives Find Gun, Drugs In Traffic Stop A driver who ran a stop sign was arrested along with his passenger after Paterson detectives found a loaded gun and several bags of Ecstasy in the car, authorities said. Jonathan Guerrero of Totowa and Malik Hammond of Paterson, both 24, were sent to the Passaic County Jail after being stopped by Detectives Wojciech Kulbabinski and Kenneth Kerwin on Fulton Street around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives were working the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Harrison Street when they chased down the white Chevrolet with Florida license pl…
Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say
Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say A 23-year-old Garfield man was carrying a loaded gun and illegal drugs when he tried to run from Paterson detectives, authorities said. Jamere Dixon bolted after Detectives Wojciech Kulbabinski, Kenneth Kerwin, John Traynor and Mustafa Dombayci pulled up and got out of their cars near the corner of North Main and Stout streets around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They quickly grabbed Dixon, who Speziale said was carrying a loaded .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol, more than two dozen Oxycodone pills and an unlabeled bottle of Promethazine. …
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…
Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase
Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase An ex-con from Philadelphia tossed a gun with a high-capacity magazine onto a roof while being chased by detectives in Paterson, authorities said. It began as Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, John Traynor and Wojciech Kulbabinski approached a group gathered in front of a convenience store at the corner of Madison and Essex streets, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they did, former Paterson resident Billy Souverain began tipping away, Speziale said. Souverain, 31, ran when told to stop by the detectives, who chased him on foot onto Straight Street before seizing him in a privat…
Career Criminal From Connecticut, 73, Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Jersey City Politico Career Criminal From Connecticut, 73, Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Jersey City Politico
Career Criminal From Connecticut, 73, Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Jersey City Politico A hardened ex-con from Connecticut admitted that he and a longtime criminal pal from Philadelphia stabbed a political consultant to death and then torched his Jersey City apartment in a murder-for-hire attack. George Bratsenis, 73, of Monroe, CT said he and his partner were paid to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics. Bratsenis and the other killer, Bomani Africa, 61, were hired by onetime political operative Sean Caddle, who’d been an aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) a…
Accused Gunman In Paterson Attempted Murder Captured With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Authorities Say Accused Gunman In Paterson Attempted Murder Captured With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Authorities Say
Accused Gunman In Paterson Attempted Murder Captured With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Authorities Say UPDATE: A wanted 19-year-old Paterson resident charged with shooting another city man earlier this month was carrying a gun with a large-capacity magazine and a handful of heroin folds when he was captured, authorities said. Rashawn Brown was arrested in the area of Lafayette Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard after a brief foot chase on March 15, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint statement. He was wanted at the time for wounding the 27-year-old occupant of a vehicle at the corner of East 25th Street and 15th Avenue roughly 24…
Female Sex Offender Among Upstate NY Group Seized In Hawthorne With 2,450 Heroin Folds: Police Female Sex Offender Among Upstate NY Group Seized In Hawthorne With 2,450 Heroin Folds: Police
Female Sex Offender Among Upstate NY Group Seized In Hawthorne With 2,450 Heroin Folds: Police Two upstate New York couples with drug-related arrest histories were nearly 275 miles from home when police in Hawthorne nabbed them with 2,450 heroin folds and more than an ounce of crack, authorities said. The quartet – one of them a former nurse convicted of raping a patient – apparently was headed back north after buying the drugs in Paterson, police said. They’d just crossed the Passaic River over the Lincoln Avenue bridge when Hawthorne police got a call of a suspicious vehicle parked for “an extended period of time” at the Sunoco station on Wagaraw Road, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoe…