Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Pair Charged With Murder In Dead-End Slaying Of City Man
GOTCHA! Two Paterson men were charged with murder and weapons offenses following the shooting death of a 28-year-old city man on a local street. Paterson police captured Jeremaih Rosado, 18, at a tire shop at East 22nd Street and Park Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. A second suspect, Imeir I. Tucker, 24, had surrendered two days earlier, they noted. Both remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Men Found Stabbed Dead Outside Paterson School
Two men were found stabbed dead before dawn in the parking lot of a Paterson school, authorities confirmed Monday. Jaime Hernandez, 44, and Johnny Jimenez, 36, were pronounced dead at the scene despite firefighters’ attempts to revive them outside the K-5 School No. 5 on Totowa Avenue -- next to Hinchliffe Stadium -- shortly before 4:30 a.m. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora didn’t elaborate on the possible circumstances. They did say that the stabbing had been reported at a residence across the street and halfway up the block from the sc…
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END: Man Shot, Killed In Paterson, This Year's Homicide Count Up To 12
A 28-year-old man became Paterson’s 12th homicide victim of the year when he was gunned down Saturday night on a Silk City street. EMS made the pronouncement after police found a mortally-wounded Juan Garcia, 28, on the sidewalk of dead-ended Franklin Street around 10 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. They didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. The pace of homicides is roughly the same as last year, when 27 people were killed at the hands of others in Paterson – the most in a s…
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East Orange Native Charged In Smoke Shop Sucker-Punch Death Of Paterson Man
An East Orange native was charged with sucker-punching and killing a Paterson man in a city smoke shop. Charles A. Richardson, 34, of Paterson was wanted for murder when East Orange police arrested him following a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said. Law enforcement sources said Richardson had gotten into a sidewalk despite with Tremaine Thomas, 43, outside the Pull Up 2 smoke shop on 10th Avenue the afternoon of June 20. Richardson followed Thomas into the store and cold-cocked him with his fist in the head, knocking him out, they said. City firefighters tried to revive Thomas be…
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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 …
Paterson, NJ
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Separate Paterson Shootings: Drive-By Wounds 3, Bullet Goes Through Window, Man Hit In Leg
No fewer than four people were wounded in a series of shootings in Paterson on Saturday. Three of them arrived in separate vehicles at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center -- all men, ages 24, 27 and 30 -- following a drive-by shooting shortly before 5 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victims were at the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Keen Street when a dark-colored motor vehicle pulled up and an occupant fired what responders said were at least seven rounds. Their injuries weren't considered life-t…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Two 14-Year-Olds Struck By Gunfire In Paterson
Two 14-year-olds escaped serious injury during a shooting Friday night in Paterson, authorities said. Police found one victim with a gunshot wound at the scene of the Market Street shooting near Madison Street at 10:40 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. The second, who’d been grazed, showed up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via a private vehicle a short time later, they said. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified.
Paterson, NJ
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'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei” -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…
Paterson, NJ
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City Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Shopping Center
Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei” -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, who worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa, was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t," Taylor said. “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes …
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults
A 60-year-old Paterson man was jailed on charges of sexually abusing a pre-teen several times over the course of a year, authorities said. City police took Jaime Alcala into custody after responding to a report of a child being sexually abused at a city home on Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Alcala was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment after detectives from Valdes’s Special Victims Unit interviewed the youngster and several witnesses, they said. They learned that Alcala “sexually abu…
Paterson, NJ
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Two Wounded In Drive-By Shooting At Paterson's Cherished Eastside Park
One victim was struck in the head and another in the neck Monday night in a drive-by shooting that was believed to be the first outbreak of gunfire at Paterson's bucolic Eastside Park in more than a decade, responders said. The two victims -- both 18 years old -- remained in critical condition Tuesday at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Both were taken there via private vehicle following the Silk City's 44th shooting of the year shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday, they said.…
Paterson, NJ
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Gangland
: Seven Shot In Pair Of Paterson Drive-Bys, Police Eye Battle Over Drug Turf
Gang warfare was suspected in the wounding of five men and two women -- one of whom was shot in the head -- in a pair of Paterson drive-bys less than a half-hour apart, responders said. Witnesses reported seeing the same white Acura flee the shootings in two drug-infested neighborhoods, as gunfire in the Silk City continues to escalate. A drive-by at the corner of 30th Street and 22nd Avenue wounded five city men ranging in age from 22 to 27 shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. All…
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