Paterson, NJ
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Authorities: Fleeing Drug Buyer Hits Paterson Detectives With Car Authorities: Fleeing Drug Buyer Hits Paterson Detectives With Car Authorities: Fleeing Drug Buyer Hits Paterson Detectives With Car
Authorities: Fleeing Drug Buyer Hits Paterson Detectives With Car A heroin buyer from Pennsylvania hit two Paterson detectives and a police vehicle with his car, then bailed out and ran before he was caught, authorities said. Police vehicles surrounded a BMW driven by Hamad Ramadan, 24, of Allentown at Governor and Carroll streets – a notorious drug corner – after watching him buy what turned out to be 23 heroin folds, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they moved in, Ramadan threw the car into reverse, hitting the two detectives and the police vehicle, Speziale said. He then drove a couple of blocks before bailing out and running on Rosa Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SEEN HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought SEEN HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought SEEN HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought
Seen HIM? Suspect In Paterson Robbery Shooting Sought Authorities on Friday revealed that they’d arrested a Paterson man and a teenager back in November following a shooting during a robbery on a city street and were now looking for the public’s help finding a third defendant. Exactly who they believe pulled the trigger on Paterson Avenue on Nov. 18, shooting a 23-year-old victim in the stomach, wasn’t disclosed by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald in a brief release. The assailants had pulled up in a black, four-door black that was found abandoned on West Broadway and Union Avenue, police said a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Robber Who Shot Paterson Victim Trying To Run Captured, Authorities Say Robber Who Shot Paterson Victim Trying To Run Captured, Authorities Say Robber Who Shot Paterson Victim Trying To Run Captured, Authorities Say
Robber Who Shot Paterson Victim Trying To Run Captured, Authorities Say Authorities charged a 19-year-old Paterson man with shooting a street robbery victim as he tried to flee. Phillip E. Beach held up the 45-year-old victim on Carroll Street and shot him when he tried to run away around 5:20 a.m. Jan. 25, they said. The victim got to the emergency room at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and was treated for a non-fatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release issued Monday. Detectives from both agencies arrested Beach on Saturday in the area of Godwin Avenue and Auburn Stre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support
Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support One man busted during a Paterson drug deal before dawn Thursday was wanted on eight warrants and the other on four – including one for failing to pay nearly $30,000 in child support, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Sheriff’s Officer Angelo Calabro was patrolling the area of Hamilton and Carroll Street shortly before 4 a.m. when he saw Louis Allen, 52, sell heroin to 41-year-old Nelson Ford, the sheriff said. Calabro grabbed the city men and found Allen carrying a bundle of heroin and 10 small bags of crack, Berdnik said. Ford, meanwhile, had four bundles of heroin, 19 syrin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Prosecutor: Paterson PD Pepper-Sprayed Deaf Man After He Assaulted Them, Not Excessive Force Prosecutor: Paterson PD Pepper-Sprayed Deaf Man After He Assaulted Them, Not Excessive Force Prosecutor: Paterson PD Pepper-Sprayed Deaf Man After He Assaulted Them, Not Excessive Force
Prosecutor: Paterson PD Pepper-Sprayed Deaf Man After He Assaulted Them, Not Excessive Force A deaf man was pepper-sprayed by Paterson police after he first tried to pull car keys from an officer's hand, threw a lit cigarette at them and furiously fought their attempts to handcuff him, authorities said Monday. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said her office, in consultation with state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal's office, determined that excessive force wasn't used. At the same time, Valdes said, she and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald were reviewing "the entire police response to the incident to determine if all departmental policies and guidelines were fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police
Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police A shooting suspect tried to elude Paterson police but crashed his car while fleeing, bailed out and was corralled less than a block away, authorities said. Joshua Washington, 25, had been identified as having shot a 22-year-old Prospect Park victim on Sept. 1 in the area of Highland and Sparrow Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Police spotted Washington behind the wheel of a vehicle in the area of Lafayette and Summer Street and tried to stop him on Wednesday, authorities said. He “initially pulled over, …

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Paterson, NJ
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Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire
Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire A 19-year-old man driving a dirt bike was struck by gunfire in Paterson before dawn Sunday, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was struck on Carroll Street just before 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. “As he passed the intersection of Harrison Street, he heard gunshots -- at which point the victim jumped off the dirt bike and realized he had been hit,” they said. Valdes asked that anyone who…

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