Paterson, NJ
Obituaries
Final Facebook Post Of Passaic Woman Killed In Crash Will Break Your Heart Final Facebook Post Of Passaic Woman Killed In Crash Will Break Your Heart
Final Facebook Post Of Passaic Woman Killed In Crash Will Break Your Heart "Smile because life is giving me reasons to spare 💕🙏🏻." That was Elizabeth Berdejo's final public Facebook post along with a photo of her smiling before her life tragically ended in a car accident on Saturday. More than $3,400 had been raised for her funeral service on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday afternoon. Authorities this weekend said they were trying to determine why the Nissan Altima driven by 29-year-old Berdejo slammed into a guardrail at the westbound intersection of westbound Route 3 with Route 21 in Clifton, killing her. Friends and family remembered Berdejo as a happy per…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29 Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29
Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29 Authorities said they were still trying to determine why a Nissan Altima driven by a Passaic woman slammed into a guardrail at the westbound intersection of westbound Route 3 with Route 21 in Clifton, killing her. Elizabeth Berdejo, 29, was pronounced dead shortly after the 4:35 p.m. crash Saturday, authorities said, adding that she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes asked that anyone who saw the crash or has information that could help the investigation contact the prosecutor’s tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or contact the Clifto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Clifton Officer Finds Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Stolen Gun Case Clifton Officer Finds Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Stolen Gun Case
Clifton Officer Finds Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Stolen Gun Case CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton police officer making a traffic stop found a wanted man from Pennsylvania who'd ducked authorities for nearly five months. Gerard Manzueta-Abreu, 25, of Tobyhama, PA had tossed a handgun after bailing out of a car and fleeing through the streets of Passaic before dawn on Aug. 30, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken. He'd remained in the wind until Officer Christopher O'Brien stopped a car that Manzueta-Abreu was driving Tuesday night on Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue, he said. Manzueta-Abreu was arrested without incident and charged with weapons and drug offenses in conn…

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by Jerry DeMarco