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Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building
Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building Paterson detectives nabbed an ex-con who they said unloaded no fewer than 20 shots on a local street corner, wounding a city man, damaging vehicles and shattering a store window. At 25, Michael Deas has spent most of his adult life behind bars, records show. He spent five years in state prison before being released this past November for a pair of Passaic County armed robberies in 2013 and 2014. Paterson detectives arrested Deas on Friday for last Sunday's shooting at the corner of Straight and Essex streets. A wounded 19-year-old victim arrived at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center vi…

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Wayne Driver Was Drunk, High In Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Motorist, Authorities Say Wayne Driver Was Drunk, High In Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Motorist, Authorities Say
Wayne Driver Was Drunk, High In Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Motorist, Authorities Say A 23-year-old Wayne man was both drunk and high when he ran a red light 16 months ago and crashed his sedan into another in Paterson, seriously injuring the other driver,  authorities charged. A lengthy investigation led to Friday’s arrest of Ibrahim Sumrein on assault by auto and DWI charges, they said. Sumrein was driving a 2012 Honda Accord that blew the light and collided with a 1994 Toyota Corolla driven by a 31-year-old Paterson resident on Dec. 21, 2019, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The victi…

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Paterson Man, 21, Shot On City Street Corner Paterson Man, 21, Shot On City Street Corner
Paterson Man, 21, Shot On City Street Corner A 21-year-old shooting victim ducked into a Paterson grocery store and called police after being shot on Friday, authorities said. The victim, a city resident, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a bullet wound in his ankle after responding officers found him in the store at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street shortly before 5 p.m. He'd apparently been shot a block or so away, responders said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora didn’t say whether the shooter had been caught or identified. ****** ALSO SEE:&nb…

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Paterson Dad Charged With Beating 3-Month-Old Infant Unconscious At Route 46 Mall Paterson Dad Charged With Beating 3-Month-Old Infant Unconscious At Route 46 Mall
Paterson Dad Charged With Beating 3-Month-Old Infant Unconscious At Route 46 Mall A Paterson man was charged with beating his 3-month-old infant unconscious at a Route 46 shopping center. Woodland Park police were called to The Plaza 46 shopping center on a report of an unresponsive infant in early January, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Woodland Park Police Chief John Uzzalino said Tuesday. The girl was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where doctors “discovered various internal injuries,” they said in a statement. Detectives from Valdes’s office interviewed several witnesses over three months before arresting Elie Kiame, 34, on Mo…

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Authorities: Fleeing Paterson Pair Crash After Stabbing One Man, Hitting Another With Tire Iron Authorities: Fleeing Paterson Pair Crash After Stabbing One Man, Hitting Another With Tire Iron
Authorities: Fleeing Paterson Pair Crash After Stabbing One Man, Hitting Another With Tire Iron Two Paterson residents who stabbed one young man in the neck and hit another in the head with a tire iron were caught after they crashed their car into a house while fleeing, authorities said Tuesday. Officers seized Maisara Mousa, 22, at the scene of the crash near the corner of Paxton Street and 6th Avenue shortly before midnight Monday. Amer Mousa, 20, fled the scene and was at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he’d gone for treatment, arrested shortly before 7:30 a.m. Monday authorities said. The pair crashed a Ford Mustang after assaulting two 20-year-old city men, Passaic C…

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Accused Clifton Slasher Charged With Attempted Murder Accused Clifton Slasher Charged With Attempted Murder
Accused Clifton Slasher Charged With Attempted Murder Authorities charged a Clifton man with attempted murder after they said he slashed another city resident earlier this month. Peter Perez, Jr., 21, wounded the 43-year-old victim at the corner of Sheridan and Wilson avenues shortly after 9 p.m. April 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. They didn’t say what type of weapon was used or why they didn’t announce the incident. They did say that the victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with “non-fatal wounds to his forearm, hand and fingers.” Valdes a…

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Hail Of Gunfire At Paterson Street Corner Leaves Victim Critical, Vehicles, Business Struck Hail Of Gunfire At Paterson Street Corner Leaves Victim Critical, Vehicles, Business Struck
Hail Of Gunfire At Paterson Street Corner Leaves Victim Critical, Vehicles, Business Struck A 19-year-old man was critically wounded in a hail of gunfire at a Paterson street corner, responders said. The victim arrived at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center via private vehicle following the 9:35 p.m. shooting Sunday at Straight and Essex streets. Police reported recovering 18 shell casings and two live rounds. One of the bullets smashed through the window of a medical insurance company. Three parked vehicles also were struck.  Shooting Paterson NJ Police investigate a shooting scene at Straight St and Essex St. 1 victim walk-in to St Joseph’s Medical Center. 3 parked cars…

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Paterson Squatter Admits Torching Multi-Family Home In Purported Suicide Try Paterson Squatter Admits Torching Multi-Family Home In Purported Suicide Try
Paterson Squatter Admits Torching Multi-Family Home In Purported Suicide Try A Paterson squatter who set fire to a multi-family home after authorities said he deliberately stabbed himself has pleaded guilty to aggravated arson. Ertugrul Abaci, 58, bled heavily as he staggered across Sussex Street on June 9, 2019, authorities said at the time. He’d just ignited a fire in and outside the attic apartment where he’d lived nearly 23 years – and hadn’t paid rent on for the past five, they said. The German-born Abaci, who became a U.S. citizen after emigrating in the early 1990s, used a bottle of vodka as an accelerant after taking a few swigs from it, investigators said.…

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Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run
Driver Admits Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Wasting little time, a 27-year-old Passaic driver admitted severely injuring another city resident in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash last fall. Matthew Cancel didn’t wait for a grand jury to determine whether the case should proceed, pleading guilty Friday to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving serious bodily injury. Cancel admitted he was behind the wheel of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz that struck the 64-year-old victim at Market and Hudson streets last Oct. 25, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical…

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Clifton Police Car Goes Airborne During Chase, Knocks Down Signs, Pole In Garfield Clifton Police Car Goes Airborne During Chase, Knocks Down Signs, Pole In Garfield
Clifton Police Car Goes Airborne During Chase, Knocks Down Signs, Pole In Garfield UPDATE: A Clifton police officer escaped serious injury after his SUV went airborne and rolled into a utility pole in Garfield, snapping it from its base, during a late-night pursuit, authorities said. The officer tried stopping a motorist on Ackermann Avenue near Route 21 for careless driving shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He ended up pursuing the driver after the sedan sped off onto northbound Route 21, he said. The chase continued on River Road to Outwater Lane, with the fleeing motorist turning off his lights and driving recklessly, the lieutenant…

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Paterson Woman Gets Summons After 6-Month-Old Suffers Second-Degree Burns Paterson Woman Gets Summons After 6-Month-Old Suffers Second-Degree Burns
Paterson Woman Gets Summons After 6-Month-Old Suffers Second-Degree Burns A Paterson woman remains free pending a hearing after a 6-month-old was hospitalized with second-degree burns, authorities said. Tashia Davis, 41, was charged with child endangerment after detectives interviewed the child’s sister and other witnesses, they said. City police were called to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the infant was admitted on Dec. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and city Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. An investigation by Valdes’s Special Victims Unit and Baycora’s detectives led to Davis’s arrest on Frid…

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Three Wounded In Paterson Street Corner Shooting Three Wounded In Paterson Street Corner Shooting
Three Wounded In Paterson Street Corner Shooting Three men were shot on a Paterson street corner Thursday night, authorities said. Responding officers found a 28-year-old victim at 17th Avenue and East 21st Street shortly before 8 p.m. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Within minutes, two others – one 29, the other 26 – arrived at St. Joe’s, they said. None of the injuries were initially considered life-threatening. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether police had arrested or identified any suspects in the…

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