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Atlantic City Man Arrested In Race-Motivated Stabbing: Police Atlantic City Man Arrested In Race-Motivated Stabbing: Police
Atlantic City Man Arrested In Race-Motivated Stabbing: Police Atlantic City police arrested a 38-year-old man for attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a man in an unprovoked attack. On Monday, July 3, at 6:16 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 1600 block of Adriatic Avenue in reference to a man stabbed. Officer Zayon Pitts arrived and observed the victim, 18, of Egg Harbor Township, bleeding from his neck.  Pitts rendered aid while awaiting medical personnel.  The victim was transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division with non-life threatening, but serious injury. An investigation by officers and memb…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities
Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities An enraged Paterson man drove his car onto the sidewalk to deliberately hit two men after he cold-cocked one of them during a fight that turned physical, authorities said. What provoked the incident wasn’t disclosed by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi in a release they issued announcing the arrest of Doretero Cruz, 53. They did say that Cruz got into his car and tried to run down both men -- one 30, the other 27 – after knocking one of them out with a punch in Paterson’s Sandy Hill neighborhood shortly after 1:30 a.m. J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man
Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man UPDATE: Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a repeat offender from Elmwood Park who they said shot a 26-year-old Jersey City man several times in a Garfield shopping center parking lot this past weekend. Joshua Casiano, 29, was already wanted on warrants out of Passaic and Clifton, records show, when investigators said he shot the victim and left him behind the Citizens Bank branch at the Mill Shoppes of Garfield just off River Drive late Sunday, June 18. The victim survived the 11:45 p.m. shooting and was reported by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella to be in stable condition…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Suspect Allegedly Stabbed Woman Multiple Times: Police Atlantic City Suspect Allegedly Stabbed Woman Multiple Times: Police
Atlantic City Suspect Allegedly Stabbed Woman Multiple Times: Police A 38-year-old Atlantic City man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times during a fight, authorities said.. Emmanuel Pacheco-Pineda was charged with attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Atlantic City police said. On Thursday, June 1, at 8:07 a.m., city police responded to an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Ventnor Avenue for an assault. Police found a woman, 26, suffering from stab wounds, they said. Officer Thomas Gilardi began to render aid to the victim…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
WANTED: Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman, 20, Identified, Considered Armed And Dangerous WANTED: Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman, 20, Identified, Considered Armed And Dangerous
Wanted: Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman, 20, Identified, Considered Armed And Dangerous A fugitive whom sources described as an emotionally disturbed boyfriend was being sought by authorities for shooting a 20-year-old Bergenfield woman several times this past weekend. Aaron Sierra, 22, whose last known whereabouts were in upstate New York, “should be considered armed and dangerous,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in seeking the public’s help finding him Thursday night, May 25. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the victim to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center following the incident at 87 North Taylor Street at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
ATTEMPTED MURDER: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says ATTEMPTED MURDER: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says
Attempted Murder: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says A Somerset County driver has been charged with attempted murder after becoming “irate” and firing two rounds at another vehicle during a road rage incident earlier this month, authorities announced. Gerald S. Chapman, 39, of Ulysses Road in Somerset, was charged with first-degree attempted murder and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Tuesday, May 23. Investigators say Chapman “became irate” during a road rage incident on Easton Avenue near the 287 ramp in Franklin Township around 4:50 p.m. on Friday, May 5. …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Teen Girl Faces Attempted Murder, Robbery After Firing At Group At Central Jersey Mall Teen Girl Faces Attempted Murder, Robbery After Firing At Group At Central Jersey Mall
Teen Girl Faces Attempted Murder, Robbery After Firing At Group At Central Jersey Mall A 15-year-old girl is facing charges of attempted murder and armed robbery after stealing the sneakers of three people at gunpoint and firing at a group of people at a Central Jersey mall earlier this month. Officers responded to the area near the SureStay Hotel by Best Western on reports of people running from the Brunswick Square Mall after hearing gunshots on May 13,  East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said. After finding a spent shell casing in the parking lot of a Habit Burger along Route 18, police later received a separate report of three people robbed of their sneak…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized
Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized What authorities said was a mid-morning gunfight involving a Paterson school security guard led to the arrest of his alleged opponent. Robert Carroll, 59, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with what was described as an exchange of gunfire near the corner of 10th and Madison avenues -- outside Paterson Public School No. 21 -- around 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 16. “There was a verbal altercation between an individual later identified as Robert Carroll and a school security guard where gunfire was exchanged,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay, who was shot and critically wounded outside an Edgewater restaurant last summer, was arrested on gun charges stemming from that incident after returning this week from a world tour. The 22-year-old Bronx rapper, born Tione Jayden Merritt, had three handguns hidden in his car when he and a companion were shot during what authorities said was a botched robbery on June 22, 2023. The weapons were stashed in a secret compartment that detectives uncovered during a court-approved search of the vehicle, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. An arrest wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Rescue, Then Arrest Suicidal Fugitive In Atlantic City Police Rescue, Then Arrest Suicidal Fugitive In Atlantic City
Police Rescue, Then Arrest Suicidal Fugitive In Atlantic City A fugitive from Brooklyn was rescued from the ocean and then arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said. On Tuesday, May 2, at 4:47 p.m., Officer Salvatore Rando Jr. was flagged down by a boardwalk ambassador in reference to a male that appeared to be in distress. The male was seen going into the ocean at Hartford Avenue, Atlantic City police said. Rando responded to the beach and found Darren Brathwaite in the surf in waist high water. Brathwaite appeared distraught and refused initial commands to exit the water, police said. The Atlantic City Fire Department water rescue team was activat…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic City Man Gets 48 Years State Prison For Producing Fentanyl: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man Gets 48 Years State Prison For Producing Fentanyl: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man Gets 48 Years State Prison For Producing Fentanyl: Prosecutor A 37-year-old Atlantic City man has been sentenced to 48 years in New Jersey State Prison for 15 crimes involving drugs and weapons, authorities said. Kevin Davis must serve 24 years of the sentence before he is eligible for parole, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On March 13, Davis was found guilty after a jury trial of 15 crimes including first-degree maintaining a fentanyl production facility, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun in the furtherance of fentanyl production and distribution, and resisting arrest by flight, the prosecutor said.&…

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by Jon Craig
News
Worshippers Seize Attacker Who Stabbed Imam During Prayer Service At Paterson Mosque (w/VIDEO) Worshippers Seize Attacker Who Stabbed Imam During Prayer Service At Paterson Mosque (w/VIDEO)
Worshippers Seize Attacker Who Stabbed Imam During Prayer Service At Paterson Mosque (w/Video) Sayed Elnakib was leading an early morning prayer service at the Omar Mosque in Paterson on Sunday when a man among the worshippers suddenly rushed forward and stabbed the beloved imam, surveillance video shows. The assailant, 32-year-old Serif Zorba, turned and bolted for the door, but the worshippers -- without regard for their own safety -- quickly converged on the assailant and held him for police. Elnakib, 65, sustained liver damage, a mosque spokesperson said, but he was expected to survive after being rushed into surgery at nearby St. Joseph's University Medical Center following the…

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by Jerry DeMarco