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Sleeping Yonkers Man Struck By Stray Bullet In Paterson Home
A Yonkers man was sleeping when he was struck in the arm by gunfire in a Paterson home before dawn Monday, authorities confirmed. It was just after midnight when shots rang out on East 23rd Street off Park Avenue, just around the corner from where city police last week raided an open air drug market, responders initially said. The sleeping 35-year-old victim and three vehicles were struck, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed Monday morning. An ambulance took him for treatment to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. No potential…
Police & Fire
Paterson Ex-Cons Wounded In Shooting Treated, Charged With Gun Possession
Two Paterson ex-cons who showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds could both be headed back to prison. Rashon Johnson, 30, and Nascir Robinson, 22, each showed up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in private vehicles within minutes of one another around 2:30 a.m. July 5, authorities said. Both men told police that they were “in the area of Park Avenue and Madison Avenue when an unknown individual began shooting at them,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora previously said in a joint release. A vehicle was struck and shell casi…
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Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man
An unlicensed Paterson driver was charged with the hit-and-run death of a Lodi man three months ago. Armando “Chino” Medrano, 44, was struck near Public School No. 8 on Main Street in the early morning hours of April 24. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center a short time later. An investigation was intensifying when Kymora Jordan, 30, who fled the scene, surrendered at Paterson police headquarters on Monday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced Tuesday. Jordan was charged with leaving the scene of an a…
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Unlicensed Driver Pleads Guilty In 108 MPH DWI Crash That Killed Paterson Teen
An unlicensed driver involved in a high-speed DWI crash in Paterson that killed an 17-year-old passenger pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide rather than face trial, authorities said. Lawan A. Henry, 23, of Paterson will be eligible for parole in a little over 7½ years under a plea bargain reached with prosecutors. Henry admitted Monday in Superior Court in Paterson that he was driving 108 miles an hour when his 2008 Cadillac CTS slammed into several unoccupied vehicles on Broadway between East 30th and East 29th streets shortly before 4 a.m. last Nov. 15, they said. In the sedan with Henr…
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15-Year-Old Paterson Boy Shot, But How?
Authorities were trying to determine how -- and where -- a 15-year-old Paterson boy was shot overnight Wednesday. The teen was in critical condition after being taken via private vehicle to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center shortly after 1:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. Police were called to the hospital after a crowd gathered there, responders said. “At this time, no crime scene has been located,” the release issued at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday says. Valdes and Baycora asked that anyone with information…
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Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured In West Milford
A pedestrian was airlifted to the hospital after being struck in West Milford over the weekend. A SouthSTAR medical chopper took the 70-year-old victim to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after he was struck and pinned on residential stretch of Macopin Road near McCormick Road shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, responders said. Echo Lake Ballfield was used at the landing zone. Macopin Road was closed from Echo Lake to Germantown for about 90 minutes. There was no immediate word about possible charges or summonses. Township police and firefighters were among the responders.
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Hospital Tech From Maywood Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Minors
A hospital operating room technician from Maywood had just been jailed on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old when detectives discovered that he'd done the same to a pre-teen, authorities said. Jeffrey T. Stockman, 49, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Maywood police contacted his Special Victims Unit detectives on July 4 about a sexual assault involving a minor. The investigators found that Stockman – who lists himself on social media as a surg…
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: Pennsylvania Driver Critical After Passaic County Tree Crash
A Pennsylvania driver was critically injured when her compact car struck a tree in West Milford during the Independence Day weekend, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The 32-year-old Bethel, PA resident was driving a 2006 Toyota Scion xB that crashed outside the Secluded Acres Horse Boarding farm on Union Valley Road shortly after 6 p.m., they said. Both she and a 34-year-old male passenger from Lake Hopatcong were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said. The driver remained there in…
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Woman, 75, Shot In Paterson
A 75-year-old woman was shot in the face in Paterson, authorities confirmed. Police found the wounded victim near Rosa Parks Arts High School and the Federation Apartments high-rise off the corner of 12th Avenue and East 27th Street shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday. She'd actually been shot near the Sussman's Drugs at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatenin…
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WHO DID IT? Man Shot In Paterson Home
A Paterson man was hospitalized after taking a bullet in the right shoulder Sunday afternoon, authorities confirmed. A release issued by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes's office confirmed that the 48-year-old man had been shot in the first-floor hallway of a single-family Madison Street home around 1 p.m. The prosecutor didn’t say how he was shot, however, whether it was believed to be accidental or intentional or whether there were any suspects -- only that he was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after police found him sitting inside the residence. No other inform…
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NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash
A passenger was seriously injured and the driver jailed when an overnight Clifton police chase Thursday ended in a rollover crash in Nutley. Officers Mohammed Rayyan and William Gibson were assigned to a DUI Enforcement Detail on Route 21 when they stopped a 2017 Audi A7 for traffic violations on Lexington Avenue shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officers had just gotten out of their car when the driver hit the gas and sped off, Bracken said. As they chased the luxury sedan southbound on Route 21 into Nutley, the driver cut the lights, the lieutenant said. He …
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Hackensack Man Shot In Paterson
A 48-year-old Hackensack man was wounded overnight in Paterson as almost-daily gunfire in the city continued, authorities confirmed. The victim was expected to survive after being shot in the arm outside what once the Magic Center Barber Shop in the 400 block of Market Street between Seeley and Rose Street shortly before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. He was taken for treatment to nearby St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed the shooting in a release. They didn't say whether a …
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