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Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting
Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting A Labor Day weekend shooting in Paterson sent three men to the hospital. Police found two victims – one 28 from Elmwood Park and the other 33 from Paterson – while responding to a 2:40 a.m. call Sunday, Sept. 3, at Kearney Street and Union Avenue. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening. Another man, 29, from Paterson apparently was wounded by gunfire a block and change down on Kearney Street, responders said. He arrived at St. Joe’s in a private vehicle with an injury that also wasn’t fatal, Passaic County Prosecutor …

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GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It
Gruesome Scene: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It UPDATE: Doctors hoped to save the severed half of a 67-year-old pedestrian's right leg after a horrific accident in Paterson, authorities said. At the request of St. Joseph's University Medical Center physicians, responders quickly got the severed limb to the hospital, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A driver apparently had suffered a medical episode on Union Avenue and hit the victim at Manchester Avenue, pinning him against a parked car shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Speziale said. Police, firefighters and EMTs who converged on the scene found the victim on t…

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Accused Killer's Mom, Brother Charged, GF To Testify In Disposal Of Paterson Woman's Body Accused Killer's Mom, Brother Charged, GF To Testify In Disposal Of Paterson Woman's Body
Accused Killer's Mom, Brother Charged, GF To Testify In Disposal Of Paterson Woman's Body UPDATE: The killing of a woman whose body was found battered, bloodied and stuffed into the trunk of a car parked on a Paterson, NJ street took some new turns, including an instant guilty plea from the primary witness and two more arrests. Passaic County prosecutors dropped murder and conspiracy charges against Joelle Martucci, 24, as part of deal that will keep her out of prison. In return, Martucci agreed to testify against her fiancé, Justin Fisher, who is now the lone defendant charged with murder in last month’s death and dumping of 38-year-old single mom Stephanie DeJesus of Paterson…

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Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson
Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson UPDATE: Three weeks to the day that a Haledon man mysteriously went missing in Paterson, no one seems any closer to finding him. According to family members, Felix DeJesus was last seen around 6 p.m. Feb. 2 near a Union Avenue bodega.  He’d been drinking quite a bit -- as he would often do, they said -- and apparently had been bothering a woman there, they said. Police responded and took DeJesus away in handcuffs, the bodega owner reportedly told them.  A detective later told a family member that the officers dropped DeJesus off near the corner of Preakness Avenue and Front Street withou…

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by Jerry DeMarco