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Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack
Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack Paterson detectives busted a 16-year-old city boy Monday with dozens of heroin folds, several vials of crack and a loaded gun, authorities said. Investigators working the "hot spot" neighborhood on and around the corner of 10th Avenue and 26th Street watched as the teen adjusted and then removed the gun from his waistband, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Leaving the gun in a windbreaker, the boy crossed the street before the detectives moved in and grabbed him outside a local market, Speziale said. They found the teen carrying 38 heroin folds and six vials of crack, retrieved t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers
Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson detectives nabbed two dealers and seven buyers while seizing nearly 300 heroin folds at an open-air drug market near the city public library, authorities said Wednesday. Responding to continued citizens’ complaints, Narcotics Division detectives hit a stretch of Summer Street between Hamilton Avenue and Van Houten Street late Tuesday afternoon, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested city residents Quadra Carmichael, 37, and Brian Thomas, 52, on a variety of charges that include possessing and selling heron near the library and School No. 6, Speziale said. Also t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Guns Seized In Four Nights: Paterson Detectives On A Roll Four Guns Seized In Four Nights: Paterson Detectives On A Roll
Four Guns Seized In Four Nights: Paterson Detectives On A Roll A Paterson man who bolted when he was approached by city police detectives became the fourth suspect in four nights caught with a gun, authorities said. Detectives Brian Culmone and Mohammed Bashir approached a group of men who didn't live in a Market Street home near Pennington Street as they drank on the porch shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. One of the men -- identified as Dariel Mercedes -- took off down Market Street, ignoring the detectives' orders to stop, Speziale said. They chased Mercedes, who tripped and fell, sending a .45-caliber Rug…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint
NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint A pizza delivery driver was carjacked at gunpoint in Essex County, authorities said. The Dominos driver was approached from behind by an unknown individual, who placed a hard object believed to be a handgun to his back and demanded the vehicle on Ella Street in Bloomfield on Sept. 25, Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. The suspect fled on Ella Street and went east on Bloomfield Avenue.  The car was recovered the following day around 1:20 a.m., in Newark. The incident remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop
Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Drug detectives raided the Paterson barbershop and Little Falls home of a high-ranking Latin King, seizing more than 10 pounds of pot, a stolen handgun and nearly $21,500 in drug cash, authorities said. Investigators had been watching the “Smooth Kreationz” barbershop owned by ex-con Jecksan “King Smooth” Cancel, 41, after receiving a tip that he’d been selling pot from the Ellison Street business, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Working with Little Falls police, they raided four locations – including Cancel’s second-floor Lower Notch Road apartment -- seizing the marijua…

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by Jerry DeMarco