Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
'Hotspot' Policing: Paterson Detectives Seize Tec-9, Half-Pound Of Pot, Cash From Essex Driver 'Hotspot' Policing: Paterson Detectives Seize Tec-9, Half-Pound Of Pot, Cash From Essex Driver
'Hotspot' Policing: Paterson Detectives Seize Tec-9, Half-Pound Of Pot, Cash From Essex Driver Paterson police working a "hotspot" detail in a crime-ridden neighborhood seized a high-powered handgun favored by criminals after catching an Irvington man with a half-pound of pot, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives Mustafa Dombayci, Mohammad Bashir, and Yamil Pimienta spotted Devon Williams, 21, putting a clear plastic bag of the drug inside another bag on East 29th Street near 17th Avenue around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Williams ducked into a nearby business when he saw them coming, but they followed him in, Speziale said. They took Williams into custod…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson PD: Uber Rider Nabbed After Demanding Oral Sex At Gunpoint From Female Driver Paterson PD: Uber Rider Nabbed After Demanding Oral Sex At Gunpoint From Female Driver
Paterson PD: Uber Rider Nabbed After Demanding Oral Sex At Gunpoint From Female Driver A Fort Lee Uber rider with a gun threatened to kill a driver if she didn’t give him oral sex, said Paterson police who caught him after she tricked him into waiting in the car. The driver told city police she’d picked up the fare in Palisades Park shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday for what was to be a ride to Pearl Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard. During the ride, she said, he “racked” the slide of a black handgun, telling her that it was for his protection once he got to Paterson, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Once they arrived at their destination behind Paterson Eastside High S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Paterson Officers Subdue Violent Gang Member Who Pulled Loaded Gun On Them, Police Say HEROES: Paterson Officers Subdue Violent Gang Member Who Pulled Loaded Gun On Them, Police Say
Heroes: Paterson Officers Subdue Violent Gang Member Who Pulled Loaded Gun On Them, Police Say A Bloods gang member with a history of violence pulled a loaded gun on two pursuing Paterson police officers during what became an intense struggle, authorities said. Danny Urena, a 27-year-old ex-con living in Passaic, ran when he saw partners Erick Marino and Joshua Serrano, who’d been told that a man in a sheepskin coat and ski mask was carrying a gun, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The officers began chasing Urena on 16th Avenue and were quickly joined by Officer Isiah Mills. Urena – also known as “Young Yb” – is known to police. Last year, he barricaded himself in his girlfriend…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Drug Dealer Tosses Gun, Caught Scaling Fence An ex-con drug dealer tossed a stolen handgun during a foot chase and was nabbed trying to scale a backyard fence, Paterson police said. Responding to the 2:50 p.m. gun call at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue were Officer Ernest Lemay, Detective Michael Quinones and county prosecutor’s Detective Ricardo Ferreira of the Special Investigations Division Ceasefire Unit. Standing near the intersection, a gun in his hand, was 36-year-old Anthony Moore of Amity Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Seeing Lemay get out of his police cruiser, Moore bolted in the detectives’ directi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Warrant To Search Pickup Produces 30 Heroin Bags, Crack -- And Driver's Arrest Glen Rock PD: Warrant To Search Pickup Produces 30 Heroin Bags, Crack -- And Driver's Arrest
Glen Rock PD: Warrant To Search Pickup Produces 30 Heroin Bags, Crack -- And Driver's Arrest Forced to get a warrant to search his pickup truck, Glen Rock police eventually charged an unlicensed driver with having 30 bags of heroin, a zip-locking bag of crack, eight hypodermic syringes and a hunting knife that they said he’d kept within reach in the vehicle. Nicholas Pizza, 27, of Haskell turned himself in last week and was charged with drug- and weapon-related counts before being released pending court action, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He also received traffic summonses for driving with a suspended license and with having bogus license plates and obstructed windows. Pizza…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
News
Jamaican National Convicted Of Money Laundering, Other Offenses Jamaican National Convicted Of Money Laundering, Other Offenses
Jamaican National Convicted Of Money Laundering, Other Offenses A Jamaican national is facing decades in prison after being found guilty of running an elaborate marijuana tracking operation, weapon and money laundering offenses in Connecticut. Andrew Davis - also known as Steve Williams - was found guilty on multiple charges following a lengthy investigation by Homeland Security and the USPS. During the investigation, investigators were able to intercept four packages that were mailed, each of which contained approximately eight kilograms of marijuana. Investigators also made controlled purchases from a member of the drug trafficking ring. Davis was arr…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
News
20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings 20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings
20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings A 20-year-old reputed gang member from the area has admitted to his role in selling drugs and his involvement in a pair of gang-related shooting incidents. Milton “Reese” Westley, of New Haven, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to a federal racketeering charge stemming from his role as a member of the Goodrich Street Boys in New Haven. For years, the New Haven Police Department’s Shooting Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been investigating more than three dozen unsolved shootings in New Haven and Hamden. Officials said tha…

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by Zak Failla
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders
Update: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana turned himself in to Port Authority police before dawn Monday after fleeing Newark Airport Friday night when a gun and drugs were found in his bag. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is LaRon James -- entered a not-guilty plea before a state Superior Court judge in Newark who scheduled him for a detention hearing on Monday, March 19. Charged with drug and weapons offenses, he could face prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits Santana from carrying a firearm. A judge in Hackensack gave Santana two year…

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by Jerry DeMarco