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Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Bloody
5TH: Two Dead, Five Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings
A man and boy were killed and three others wounded in a hail of gunfire on a Paterson street corner before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. That came after two others were shot in the Silk City a few hours earlier. Police responding to the entrance to Route 19 at Jersey Street found the two men – one 26, the other 17, both from Paterson -- shortly after 2:30 a.m. July 5. CPR was conducted before both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, responders said. Both were pronounced dead a short time later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Depa…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Driver Of Hit-And-Run Pickup Sought In Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83
UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday released a photo of the hit-and-run pickup truck that they said struck and killed an 83-year-old longtime Hawthorne resident as he crossed a local street near his home. They're hoping someone recognizes it. Joseph Bender was struck at the corner of Wagaraw Road and Passaic Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint release. Police issue…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Pickup Driver Sought In Hit-And-Run Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83
UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday released a photo of the hit-and-run pickup truck that they said struck and killed an 83-year-old longtime Hawthorne resident as he crossed a local street near his home. They're hoping someone recognizes it. Joseph Bender was struck at the corner of Wagaraw Road and Passaic Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint release. Police issue…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
HUH? Elmwood Park Teen Comes To Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Authorities Don't Know How, Where
Authorities didn’t seem to know how, when, where or why an Elmwood Park teenager who turned up at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Wayne with a bullet wound was shot. Who, of course, was also a question. The 18-year-old shooting victim arrived at the hospital via private transportation around 4 a.m. Sunday, June 25. He’d apparently been shot somewhere in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint release late Monday afternoon. “At this time no crime scene has been located,” the brief release said. It did…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Swastikas Spray-Painted Throughout Clifton Park
Authorities turned to the public for help finding whoever was responsible for littering a Clifton park with spray-painted swastikas. Seven of the hateful symbols were found on benches, trees, a portable bathroom and the blacktop at Dunney Park on Cherry Street early Wednesday, June 21, they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Department Chief Thomas Rinaldi didn’t release any further information in confirming the vandalism. “The investigation remains active and ongoing,” their release says. “More information will be released once it becomes available.” Val…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Nightclub
Shooting
: Four Wounded In Clifton, Gunman At Large
UPDATE: Four people were wounded -- one seriously -- when gunfire erupted at a Clifton nightclub before dawn Friday, authorities confirmed. The gunman remained at large following the 2:47 a.m. June 16 shooting inside the Made In Miami Bar & Bistro on Harding Avenue, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Responding officers found a 32-year-old Clifton woman with a non-fatal gunshot wound. She was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. The woman was expected to survive, the same as three other victims who Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Passaic Man, 43, Charged With Using Google, Whats App To Collect 450 Child Porn Videos
A 43-year-old Passaic man apparently thought he could traffic more than 450 child pornography videos on Google and WhatsApp without being caught, authorities said. Jorge Avilavelez was arrested earlier this week following an investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crime Against Children Task Force in tandem with the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit. He's remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with three various counts of child endangerment and two counts of obstruction. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik jointl…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Who Raped Clifton Child After Climbing Through Bedroom Window Cuts Deal With Prosecutors
UPDATE: An ex-con from Belleville who climbed in through a Clifton child’s bedroom window before raping and choking the trapped youngster will be imprisoned for at least 13½ years before he’ll be eligible for parole, authorities announced. Andres Vasquez, 25, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 2 after cutting a deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment in the horrific attack. Vasquez said he “did not know the victim” when he climbed through the child’s window in the middle of the night on May 31, 2022, Passaic County Prosec…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Bail
Reform
: Accused Felon Freed By Judge Guns Down Fellow Paterson Man, 22, Authorities Charge
Erlyn Nunez had spent all of five days in jail after being busted on a gun charge when a judge freed him earlier this year under New Jersey's bail reform law. Less than a month later, authorities said, he shot and killed a 22-year-old fellow Paterson resident. Nunez was originally arrested on a weapons charge in Paterson on April 21. A judge ordered him released from the Bergen County Jail on April 26, records show. On May 21, Paterson police responded to a reported shooting in the area of East 13th and River streets. They found a mortally wounded man whom authorities have, for some u…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Pair Of Paterson Shooting Victims Show Up Elsewhere
Two men survived separate weekend shootings 10 hours apart in Paterson -- neither of whom was found at their respective scenes, authorities said. A 20-year-old city resident turned up at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after he was shot in the area of 11th Avenue and East 23rd Street shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, June 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. Paterson police responded to another call of a gunshot victim shortly after 6 a.m. Friday. Clifton police alerted them to a 28-year-…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: Man, Woman Wounded
A woman took a bullet in the leg and a man one in the hand in a burst of gunfire Monday night on a Paterson street. Both victims were reported in stable condition at St. Joseph's University Medical Center following the shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. May 22. Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene, responders said. The 35-year-old East Orange victim was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle, they said. A woman took a bullet in the leg and a man one in the hand in a burst of gunfire Monday night in Paterson…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
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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