OPEN SECRET: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted OPEN SECRET: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted OPEN SECRET: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted
Open Secret: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted Paterson police raided an after-hours club that they said was operated by two 19-year-olds, served minors and even advertised on social media. Arrested were Amber Fischer and Myeisha Zuñiga, both of Paterson, who city Police Director Jerry Speziale said also had more than a pound and a half of pot for sale at the illegal club, known as "Harlem Nights." Speziale said Fisher and Zuñiga “caused or risked widespread injury or damage” by operating the Main Street business just off Park Street, which advertised on Facebook and Instagram beginning in August. Besides the criminal charges against b…
Paterson Man, 46, Struck, Killed By Bus Paterson Man, 46, Struck, Killed By Bus Paterson Man, 46, Struck, Killed By Bus
Paterson Man, 46, Struck, Killed By Bus A 46-year-old Paterson man was struck and killed by a commuter bus in the city on Thursday. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Main and Mary streets shortly before 2 p.m. The bus was part of Route No. 72, which runs between Newark and Paterson, officials said. There were no summonses immediately issued to the driver of the #72 NJ Transit bus, which runs between Newark and Paterson. Nor were there any immediate indications that the driver did anything wrong, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. …
Police: Video Shows Homeless Man Stealing Paterson Church Donations, Brass Candle Holders Police: Video Shows Homeless Man Stealing Paterson Church Donations, Brass Candle Holders Police: Video Shows Homeless Man Stealing Paterson Church Donations, Brass Candle Holders
Police: Video Shows Homeless Man Stealing Paterson Church Donations, Brass Candle Holders Paterson police captured a homeless man who they said broke into two donation boxes and stole brass candle holders and candles from the altar of a city church. Surveillance video from overnight Friday shows 35-year-old Antonio Figueroa trying to remove the tabernacle from the altar and breaking into the boxes at St. Agnes R.C. Church on Main Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Figueroa is then seen leaving with two 42-inch candle holders in each hand and two 24-inch candles in the pockets of his shorts, he said. A string of break-ins at the church over the past month or so…
Possible Life Sentence Looms For 7-Time Convicted Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Paterson Carjacking Possible Life Sentence Looms For 7-Time Convicted Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Paterson Carjacking Possible Life Sentence Looms For 7-Time Convicted Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Paterson Carjacking
Possible Life Sentence Looms For 7-Time Convicted Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Paterson Carjacking “Give me the car!” demanded an ex-con whom jurors this past week convicted of a Paterson carjacking. The jury in Paterson deliberated barely an hour before convicting Paul Myhand, 40, of two counts of carjacking. Myhand, who already had seven felony convictions, faces a possible life sentence because of his record and the severity of the crime, said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes. Whichever term the judge ultimately chooses, Myhand will have to serve at least 85% of it before the possibility of parole. The driver was accompanied by a passenger while parking his 1998 Toyota Camry…
Stabbing, Gunfire Produce Trio Of Arrests For Paterson Police Stabbing, Gunfire Produce Trio Of Arrests For Paterson Police Stabbing, Gunfire Produce Trio Of Arrests For Paterson Police
Stabbing, Gunfire Produce Trio Of Arrests For Paterson Police Two reported incidents of gunfire and a stabbing that left a victim in serious condition all ended in Easter Sunday arrests for Paterson police. City resident Adonis Reyes, 25, was quickly taken into custody after he got into an argument in a Market Street bodega, fired a shot outside and sped off in a black Dodge Durango around 9:15 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Responders identified by Speziale as Sgt. J. Santiago and Officers J. Gonzalez, F. Munoz and E. Garcia cornered Reyes at 17th Street and Madison Avenue, seized a .357-caliber revolver with a spent round and arrested hi…
Paterson's Nouri Cafe Opens After Renovations Paterson's Nouri Cafe Opens After Renovations Paterson's Nouri Cafe Opens After Renovations
Paterson's Nouri Cafe Opens After Renovations Renovations are complete after several months at Nouri Cafe in Paterson. The family-owned restaurant opened as Nouri's Family Restaurant in 2012.  The Nouri family has spent the past several months putting a modern spin on its Middle Eastern restaurant, keeping the menu the same but giving a complete renovation to the building. "This place is ready -- we're ready," said manager George Nouri, whose father Albert is at the helm of the restaurant and owns a grocery store next door. The grand opening including food and live music will be at 2 p.m. on April 27 at the restaurant, 1003 Main…
Paterson PD: Dozens Of Kids' Breakfast Cereal Packs Found Laced With THC, 20 Lbs Of Pot Seized Paterson PD: Dozens Of Kids' Breakfast Cereal Packs Found Laced With THC, 20 Lbs Of Pot Seized Paterson PD: Dozens Of Kids' Breakfast Cereal Packs Found Laced With THC, 20 Lbs Of Pot Seized
Paterson PD: Dozens Of Kids' Breakfast Cereal Packs Found Laced With THC, 20 Lbs Of Pot Seized Paterson detectives seized dozens of packages of the increasingly popular mixture of children’s breakfast cereal and THC, along with more than 20 pounds of pot, during a raid in a condo above a dollar store. Narcotics Division detectives arrested eight people after getting a tip that drugs were being sold from the third-floor Main Street residence, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They were identified as Issac Wade, 31, Andre White, 42, Max Brown, 20, Tyron Mallory 28, Jacory DeWitt 32, Gregory Gillispie, 29, and Tequan Motley, 32, all of Paterson, and Chayanne Girao, 28, of West Milfor…
Paterson Officer Convicted Of Wounding Bystander With Gunshot During Dispute With Ex-Con Paterson Officer Convicted Of Wounding Bystander With Gunshot During Dispute With Ex-Con Paterson Officer Convicted Of Wounding Bystander With Gunshot During Dispute With Ex-Con
Paterson Officer Convicted Of Wounding Bystander With Gunshot During Dispute With Ex-Con A Paterson police officer faces up to 18 months in prison for wounding a bystander when he fired his gun during an off-duty dispute with a known criminal outside a local 7-Eleven. Superior Court Judge Marybel Mercado-Ramirez ordered bail revoked and sent Dante Gordon, 28, to the Passaic County Jail to await sentencing after jurors in Paterson on Monday found him guilty of aggravated assault. The jury at the same time acquitted Gordon of charges of carrying a weapon for an unlawful purpose, making terroristic threats and a lesser aggravated assault charge for pointing a gun at or in the dire…
Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives
Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives A 58-year-old Paterson driver got the worst of a brawl with Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who chased him to Elmwood Park following a drug deal, authorities said. The investigators watched as Roger Gulbrandsen stopped a Range Rover in front of a storefront on Main Street in Paterson, where another driver, 23-year-old Dean M.Kousa from Wayne, had parked a short time earlier, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. After a brief drug deal with Kousa’s passenger, 20-year-old Adam I. Omar of Fair Lawn, Omar, Gulbrandsen sped off, followed by Detective Sgt. Americo Escobar and Detectives Joseph Ro…
Bergen Community College Student Nail Yalcinlar Was Infectiously Happy Bergen Community College Student Nail Yalcinlar Was Infectiously Happy Bergen Community College Student Nail Yalcinlar Was Infectiously Happy
Bergen Community College Student Nail Yalcinlar Was Infectiously Happy Nail Yalcinlar was often seen singing and dancing to his music around Paterson -- always with a smile on his face. The 28-year-old died on June 1, leaving his circle of loved ones devastated.  "Everyone's eyes on Main Street will be looking for you," Tolga Cetin said in a Facebook post. Cetin started a GoFundMe for Yalcinlar's family, which had raised  more than $6,000 as of Sunday evening. Yalcinlar, formerly a Bergen County Community College student, was remembered for his innate ability to cheer people up. "Will always remember you smiling up and down Main Street,"…
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- An ex-con was charged with attempted murder for shooting another man on a Paterson street, authorities said Thursday. The victim took himself to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after the April 24 shooting in the area of Main and Weiss streets, authorities said. On Wednesday, 37-year-old Jose A. Morales was arrested in the area of Dale Avenue by Paterson police and detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. He was charged not only with attempted murder and various weapons count for the shooting but also for an undisclosed incident that County Prosecutor C…
Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests
Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests PATERSON, N.J. – Passaic County sheriff’s detectives watched a major drug deal go down, then seized nearly five pounds of cocaine, three guns, four vehicles and about $35,000 in proceeds while arresting five men, authorities said. The detectives watched as passenger Vander Manocchio, 25, of Paterson, got out of a blue Jeep Cherokee that had just parked in front of a large detached garage off McBride Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. David Caraballo, 34, of Woodland Park opened the garage door and came out holding a black bag that he handed to Manocc…