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RELEASED: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings RELEASED: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings
Released: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings A former Jersey City rapper who beat a murder rap in 2014 walked out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors for his role in a shooting in Passaic two years ago. He could be headed back to the joint for another 18 months, however. Video captured a celebratory welcoming committee greeting Albert Robinson outside the Passaic County Jail in Paterson after he and co-defendant Darnell Reeves were released. Robinson  – known as “Albee Al The Gladiator” – and Reeves had been held since September 2019 following their arrests on attempted murder charges, among other offenses, in a non-fatal …

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Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities
Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities A Kearny man kidnapped a mentally incapacitated Paterson woman he’d met online, had sex with her in his car, a nearby park and his apartment, then shoved her out of the vehicle when he realized her family was following him, authorities charged. A four-month manhunt ended when Horus G. Nunez-Velazquez, 35, was captured in Pennsylvania, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim M. Baycora said in a joint announcement on Friday. Nunez-Velazquez “met the (32-year-old) woman online, picked her up from her residence and took her to a nearby park and subsequentl…

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Robbery Goes Sideways: NJ Man Released On Bail Reform Shot Dead By His Pal Robbery Goes Sideways: NJ Man Released On Bail Reform Shot Dead By His Pal
Robbery Goes Sideways: NJ Man Released On Bail Reform Shot Dead By His Pal A botched robbery in Paterson cost a repeat offender from Union County his life, although New Jersey’s bail reform law also had something to do with it. It was a week ago that Kyle Newton, 28, was arrested in Lyndhurst while he and another man were scoping out vehicles to steal, authorities said. Newton (inset in photo above), of Hillside, had a history of arrests in multiple counties over the past few years. Just as in the those cases, he was released from custody after last Monday’s arrest in Lyndhurst because of New Jersey’s bail reform law, records show. He ended up dead less tha…

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NJ Police Officer Charged With Sexually Abusing Child Over Two Years NJ Police Officer Charged With Sexually Abusing Child Over Two Years
NJ Police Officer Charged With Sexually Abusing Child Over Two Years A Clifton police officer was charged with sexually abusing a child, authorities confirmed Friday. Frank Castro-Ramirez, 39, has a hearing scheduled for this coming Tuesday before a judge in Paterson who’ll determine whether he should be held pending trial, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco of her Major Crimes Division’s Special Victims Unit will seek detention, Valdes said. Clifton police notified unit detectives of the allegations last week, the prosecutor said. The investigators then interviewed several witnesses and the v…

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PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List
PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List UPDATE: A Mount Bethel resident admitted that he struck and seriously injured a New Jersey pedestrian last summer while driving on the suspended list. Giovanni Muscia Jr., 31, was driving a black 2007 Chevy Suburban that struck the 54-year-old Paterson victim at the intersection of Grand Street and Marshall Street around 11 a.m. July 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muscia pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Paterson on Monday to the original charge: causing serious bodily injury with a suspended license, a fourth-degree crime. A jury conviction for the same crime could…

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Teacher From PA Found Dead At NJ School Of Suicide Teacher From PA Found Dead At NJ School Of Suicide
Teacher From PA Found Dead At NJ School Of Suicide A teacher from Pennsylvania who was found dead at Pompton Lakes High School had apparently killed himself, authorities said Saturday. Although an autopsy was to determine the official cause, the death of Patrick Moccia, 47, of Doylestown, PA, was “believed to be the result of an apparent suicide,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pompton Lakes Police Chief Derek Clark said in a joint announcement. Police found the body of Moccia, who taught at the school, shortly after 9 p.m. Friday following a search on a welfare check, they said. Moccia began in the school district as a w…

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Easton Man, 20, Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting Easton Man, 20, Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting
Easton Man, 20, Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting An Easton man was extradited to face attempted murder charges in New Jersey for a shooting sparked by a family dispute. Twyleak Sexton, 20, was taken into custody near his Easton, PA home after a city officer there found a warrant for his arrest out of Passaic County, NJ, authorities said. Sexton opened fire in the first block of North 2nd Street and Haledon Avenue in Paterson in a dispute between two families – one from Easton, the other from there – on Sept. 17, authorities said. A 23-year-old male Paterson resident who was struck was taken to nearby St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center …

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