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Leighmeir Singletary tried to run again after investigators spotted him Tuesday night on Godwin Avenue, authorities said.
Detectives had obtained a warrant for Singletary’s arrest following an Jan. 11 shooting on nearby Summer Street.
He got away the first time police chased him, on March 16, in the same neighborhood, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement.
This time, they found him carrying 42 envelopes of heroin, Valdes and Baycora said.
Police charged Singletary with attempted murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery and eluding, along with drug and weapons counts that guarantee at least five years in state prison upon conviction.
He remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.
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