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Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles
Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Captured After Ramming Passaic Police Cars, Civilian Vehicles Thankfully no one was hurt in a wild pursuit in the City of Passaic in which several vehicles were struck by an out-of-control driver. The driver was captured after hitting two police vehicles while going the wrong way down a one-way street and then mistakenly turning into a dead end Thursday night, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Carlos A. Tejada, 29, was headed down Jefferson Street from Main Avenue when his vehicle struck a police unit occupied by an officer coming from the opposite direction near Hope Avenue around 8 p.m. April 27, Lora said. Tejada hit another police car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Overnight Fire Destroys Contents Of Passaic Shop Overnight Fire Destroys Contents Of Passaic Shop
Overnight Fire Destroys Contents Of Passaic Shop UPDATE: An overnight fire destroyed the contents of an interior design, upholstery and dress shop in Passaic. A passing Passaic police officer spotted smoke coming from Cortinas Extravaganza on Jefferson Street around 3 a.m. Thursday, April 27. Firefighters who subsequently cut their way in through a security gate and accessed the building through sidewalk basement doors were met by flames that had begun to die down. All that remained were small pockets of flame -- and all-but-complete interior damage. The overnight fire destroyed the contents of Cortinas Extravaganza -- an interior d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD
Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD A Passaic senior citizen was injured when three shoplifting teens knocked her down, said police who captured the trio soon after. The victim was bruised but otherwise OK after the incident on Jefferson Street with the boys -- two from Newark, one from Lodi, ages 17, 16 and 13, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. One of them is a convicted delinquent with a robbery history who recently cut off a monitoring bracelet while on house arrest, the mayor said. The juvenile tried to escape by scampering across rooftops and climbing fences, but patrol officers chased them down, he said. Police w…

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by Jerry DeMarco