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Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize Pound Of Coke, 'Ghost Gun,' $15,259, Bust Business Couple Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize Pound Of Coke, 'Ghost Gun,' $15,259, Bust Business Couple
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize Pound Of Coke, 'Ghost Gun,' $15,259, Bust Business Couple A Paterson couple who sold drugs from their money-wiring business were busted by Passaic County sheriff's detectives with nearly a pound of cocaine, more than an ounce of heroin and a "ghost gun," authorities said. The detectives moved in after watching a customer buy cocaine and then hop into a cab, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Working with the county prosecutor's office, the investigators raided the now-former River Multi Services shop on River Street and a nearby apartment shared by Steven A. Mejias-Escoto, 36, and Andry Hernandez-Paulino, 29, in the city's Bunker Hill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End
Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End Paterson detectives nabbed a drug dealer with 254 heroin folds after watching him sell crack just before lunchtime on a pair of out-of-towners on an otherwise deserted dead end, authorities said. Detectives responding to a resident's call were watching around 11:45 a.m. Friday as Jerome W. Potts, 35, sold several vials of crack to a Ringwood man, 59, on East 12th Street in the Bunker Hill section of the city, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. After securing a warrant to search Potts’s first-floor apartment, the detectives returned to find him selling crack to a 53-year-old Elmwood Park m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Paterson Bicyclist, 48, Killed In Tow Truck Crash Authorities: Paterson Bicyclist, 48, Killed In Tow Truck Crash
Authorities: Paterson Bicyclist, 48, Killed In Tow Truck Crash A 46-year-old Paterson man was killed when his bicycle smacked into the side of a tow truck at a city intersection, authorities said. Gerard Webb was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was pronounced dead at 1:23 p.m. Sunday, they said. Webb was riding his bicycle an hour earlier when the crash occurred at the intersection of River and Sassafras streets, in the Bunker Hill section of the city, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. The 38-year-old Fair Lawn tow truck driver remained at…

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by Jerry DeMarco