Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Group Of Rogue Paterson Police Exchanged Texts While Robbing Innocent Victims, FBI Finds Group Of Rogue Paterson Police Exchanged Texts While Robbing Innocent Victims, FBI Finds
Group Of Rogue Paterson Police Exchanged Texts While Robbing Innocent Victims, FBI Finds A group of rogue Paterson police officers who targeted pedestrians and motorists for stops just to steal their money exchanged texts about it, authorities revealed Wednesday. The evidence, obtained by the FBI, is described in a nine-count federal grand jury indictment charging Officer Eudy Ramos, 28, of Paterson, with violating and conspiring to violate the victims’ civil rights, as well as with filing false reports to cover up his crimes. Ramos was one of three city officers originally identified as being arrested and charged by the FBI last April. He “targeted, stopped and searched” spec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone
Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Federal agents arrested a Paterson police officer early Wednesday on charges of assaulting a suicidal hospital patient with another officer and recording it on his cellphone. Surveillance video shows Roger Then, 29, of Paterson pushing the victim to the ground after a fellow city officer punched him in the face while he was sitting in a wheelchair in a hallway at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on March 5, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Moments earlier, the victim apparently threw some type of object down the hall, he said. A second video, shot by Then, shows the victim on his ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Crooked Paterson Cops Stole Guns, Cash In Illegal Stops, Searches Feds: Crooked Paterson Cops Stole Guns, Cash In Illegal Stops, Searches
Feds: Crooked Paterson Cops Stole Guns, Cash In Illegal Stops, Searches PATERSON, N.J. – The FBI on Wednesday arrested two Paterson police officers – one of whom they said accepted a gun in exchange for reducing charges against a suspect – for pocketing cash and valuables during illegal traffic stops and searches, authorities said. City Officers Jonathan Bustios and Eudy Ramos stopped vehicles, “detained the occupants and searched those vehicles without any justification,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “On certain occasions, Bustios and Ramos also took cash and other items without justification before releasing the detained occupants,” Carpenito said. Bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco