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Grand Jury Declines To File Charges After Death At Paterson Police Headquarters: AG Grand Jury Declines To File Charges After Death At Paterson Police Headquarters: AG
Grand Jury Declines To File Charges After Death At Paterson Police Headquarters: AG A grand jury has declined to indict anyone after a 57-year-old Paterson woman died in 2022 while in custody at the Paterson Police Department, authorities said. Rosita Diaz was arrested Thursday, February 17, 2022, for alleged possession of narcotics, the State Attorney General's Office said. Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, she was taken to a hospital several times for either medical issues or medical/psychological clearance for incarceration, authorities said. After her last discharge from the hospital, and while awaiting transportation to the jail, she was found unresponsive in a Paterson Po…

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Funeral Home's Search For Woman's Family Breaks Hearts In Bergen County Funeral Home's Search For Woman's Family Breaks Hearts In Bergen County
Funeral Home's Search For Woman's Family Breaks Hearts In Bergen County Her name was Carmela Polimeni, and her family is nowhere to be found. The 92-year-old Leonia resident died at CareOne at Cresskill on July 17, Aree Booker, the executive director of Eternity Funeral Services LLC in Englewood tells Daily Voice. UPDATE: Funeral Home Awaits Payment For Carmela Polimeni's Service Month After Her Death "Nursing homes are supposed to have arrangements pre-planned, next of kin, etcetera," Booker said on a call with Daily Voice Tuesday, Aug. 13. "But it seemed like [CareOne] dropped the ball." That leaves Booker scrambling to locate Polimeni's next of kin. So far…

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by Cecilia Levine