Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash
Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash A driver led Paterson police on a chase that ended when his vehicle slammed into a city police cruiser, igniting a fire, and then crashed onto its side into a porch, authorities said. Detective Mustafa Dombayci began chasing the grey Infiniti G35 on Memorial Drive toward Broadway just after 11 p.m. Saturday after noticing it had a broken driver’s side mirrors, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver – identified as Adriano Giordano, 24, of Bloomfield -- pulled to the side of the road at Broadway and Straight Street, then hit the gas, spinning his tires and roaring off, after…
Paterson PD: Fleeing Suspect Apparently Lived In Car With Pot Plants Paterson PD: Fleeing Suspect Apparently Lived In Car With Pot Plants Paterson PD: Fleeing Suspect Apparently Lived In Car With Pot Plants
Paterson PD: Fleeing Suspect Apparently Lived In Car With Pot Plants Police arrested a man who’d apparently spent at least two days living in his car on an industrial Paterson street with a collection of marijuana plants, authorities said. Sgt. Joel Santiago responded with two officers to the call along a stretch of Madison Avenue between Park Avenue and 16th Street on Thursday. In the driver’s seat of a Hyundai Sonata parked on the south side of the street was 39-year-old Racheen Harris, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Seeing Santiago, Harris got out of the car, Speziale said. It was then that the sergeant smelled raw pot, he said. Santiago ordered …
Prosecutor: Paterson Board Of Health Worker Pocketed $75,000 In Public Fees Prosecutor: Paterson Board Of Health Worker Pocketed $75,000 In Public Fees Prosecutor: Paterson Board Of Health Worker Pocketed $75,000 In Public Fees
Prosecutor: Paterson Board Of Health Worker Pocketed $75,000 In Public Fees A Paterson Board of Health employee pocketed more than $75,000 in fees paid by the public for copies of birth certificates and other documents, authorities charged. Paris D. Washington, 46, has an Oct. 25 first appearance on theft charges scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. City authorities referred the case to her office, said Valdes, whose Financial Crimes Unit investigated. Washington deposited the stolen money into her bank account over nearly five years before being caught, the prosecutor said. She remains free p…
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband UPDATE: A Woodland Park woman was charged with attempted murder after stabbing her wheelchair-bound husband, authorities said. Judith Wysocki volunteered with the same ambulance company that responded to Wednesday's call to her and her husband's Mount Pleasant Avenue home, they said. Anthony Wysocki, 70, was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. Judith Wysocki, who responders said had been caring for her husband, was taken to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court, also in Paterson. Besides attempte…
West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police
West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police A West Milford man was busted when he to went to collect a misplaced bag of medications from police, authorities said. An officer from another department turned the black messenger bag over to township police after finding it while working a road construction detail on Union Valley Road near Sussex Drive, police said. Inside, Officer Stephen Herzog reported finding prescription bottles with the name of George Richards, 58, several bottles without labels and a “large quantity” of opioid pain killers. He contacted Richards, who showed up at headquarters to collect his bag. Detectives Nichol…
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Liquor Store Loiterer Caught With 34 Bags Of Heroin, Knife Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Liquor Store Loiterer Caught With 34 Bags Of Heroin, Knife Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Liquor Store Loiterer Caught With 34 Bags Of Heroin, Knife
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Liquor Store Loiterer Caught With 34 Bags Of Heroin, Knife A Passaic County sheriff’s officer found a Paterson man carrying nearly three dozen bags of cocaine while loitering with a group of others outside a city liquor store, authorities said. Ignacio Ortiz, 24, tried concealing a folding knife in his pocket when Officer Timothy Convery approached the group near the corner of Park Avenue and East 18th Street early Friday night and asked them all to show ID, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Besides the knife, Ortiz had 16 small, clear pink bags of heroin in his pocket, along with a lip balm container that held another 18, the sheriff said. He also…
Prosecutor: Paterson Police Officer Shoots Back When Driver In Crash Opens Fire Prosecutor: Paterson Police Officer Shoots Back When Driver In Crash Opens Fire Prosecutor: Paterson Police Officer Shoots Back When Driver In Crash Opens Fire
Prosecutor: Paterson Police Officer Shoots Back When Driver In Crash Opens Fire UPDATE: A 20-year-old convicted criminal who authorities said exchanged gunfire with a Paterson police officer after a chase ended in a crash was charged with attempted murder, among other counts. Officers tried stopping a car driven by Kevin Gallashawj around 6:40 p.m. Thursday evening, authorities said. A brief chase followed, ending when Gallashawj crashed the car into a parked vehicle on Fulton Street between Rosa Parks Boulevard and Mercer Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday evening. Gallashawj then got out and "fired a handgun in the direction of pursuing …
2 Men Shot, Attempted Murder Charges Brought Against Paterson Ex-Con 2 Men Shot, Attempted Murder Charges Brought Against Paterson Ex-Con 2 Men Shot, Attempted Murder Charges Brought Against Paterson Ex-Con
2 Men Shot, Attempted Murder Charges Brought Against Paterson Ex-Con Detectives arrested a Paterson ex-con who they said shot two men this past weekend. Shaquan Harrell, 27, is charged with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated assault, as well as several weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The victims – one 27, the other 25 – were struck by gunfire on North 3rd Street on Sunday. They were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment. Harrell remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing this coming Tuesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.
#JusticeForJenny: Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In West Milford Lake #JusticeForJenny: Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In West Milford Lake #JusticeForJenny: Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In West Milford Lake
#JusticeForJenny: Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In West Milford Lake UPDATE: A Morris County woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with drowning a caged 10-week-old Golden Retriever puppy in a West Milford lake. Tonya Fea, 47, of Jefferson Township "reportedly confessed," The Last Resort Animal Rescue announced Tuesday. "But, much to our horror, our worst fears were confirmed: The official [necropsy] report confirms that drowning was the cause of death," officials with the non-profit organization wrote. The dog "was intentionally drowned," they said. The Last Resort, which named the dog Jenny, had posted a reward that quickly ballooned to $12,000, thanks…
Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC
Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC A mother and son were carrying dozens of bags of children’s cereal laced with edible THC, along with five pounds of pot and $14,000 in drug proceeds, when a Haledon police officer stopped their truck, authorities said. Officer Christian Clavo smelled raw marijuana after he stopped the 2002 Chevy Tahoe in a Belmont Avenue parking lot for not signaling a turn and found Connie Rivera, 48, who was driving, and Jason Rivera, 27, not wearing seatbelts, Lt. George Guzman said. After backups Sgt. Jessica Funes and Officer Andrea Len arrived, Guzman said, the trio found: 15 Fruit Loops, three Frui…
Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car
Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car Hawthorne police recovered a stolen car while capturing a fugitive wanted out of New York City. An officer initially pulled over the 2017 Audi A4 on Lafayette Avenue near Wagaraw Road on Thursday. But the driver – 20-year-old Carl Alston of Queens -- hit the gas as a rear passenger jumped out, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Immediately arrested was 24-year-old Andre Foster, of Clifton, who the sergeant said was carrying pot. Members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Glen Rock Police Department joined the search for the Audi, which was found abandoned on May Street. An are…
Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized
Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized A raid at a Paterson high-rise produced 441 folds of heroin, 39 bags of crack, $13,600 in proceeds and eight arrests, authorities said. Several deals went down during a drug operation targeting 85 Presidential Boulevard, barely a block and a half from a public school, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Dozens of drug-related charges were brought against: Richard Brown, 41, who lives in a 10th-floor unit at the high-rise; Keshon T. Roberson, 20, who lives on the sixth floor; Rodney Fairley, 30, who lives up the street; Tyheem J. Stewart, 30, and Kamesha T. Stewart, of Paterson; Jamari Q.…