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Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Man, 23, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Busy Paterson Street
Police were looking for a black Dodge Charger with tinted windows and black rims after a 23-year-old Clifton man was shot and killed outside a Paterson nightclub in the late afternoon, authorities confirmed. Divan E. Tejeda had been shot once in the chest when police found him on Market Street across from the Bonfire Mofongo House and Lounge shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, responders said. CPR was in progress as Tejeda was rushed to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead soon after. It was Paterson’s fifth homicide this year. Confirming the killing, Passaic …
West Milford, NJ
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Pickup Driver, 77, Killed In West Milford Crash
A 77-year-old driver was killed when his pickup truck slammed into a utility pole and overturned in West Milford, authorities said. Gary Bartholomew of Hewitt was driving a 2005 Nissan Frontier that crashed on Lakeshore Drive in the area of Warwick Turnpike and Maple Shade Road at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, they said Wednesday, adding that no other vehicles were involved. The road was reopened at 2:30 p.m.
Paterson, NJ
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Murder
: Convicted Child Molester Charged In Shooting Death Behind Paterson Library
A convicted child molester from Paterson was the gunman who shot and killed an out-of-county man behind the city public library last week, authorities said. Ex-con Jaquan Housey, 33, was charged with murder and weapons offenses in the slaying of Rodney Phelps, 39, of Warren County’s Washington Township. Responding officers found Phelps’s body in the middle of Van Van Houten Avenue between the library and the Edward W. Kilpatrick School shortly before 11:30 p.m. last Friday, Feb. 4. He’d been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Val…
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Shot Dead On City Street
A Paterson man was shot dead outside an apartment building in one of the city’s deadliest neighborhoods. The killing of 43-year-old Juan Soto was the third this year in the Silk City’s 4th Ward. Responding officers found Soto’s lifeless body in the street outside the Madison Apartments on East 19th Street between 10th and 11th avenues around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Medical personnel took Soto to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was officially pronounced dead. Paterson endured recent…
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Shot In Lobby Of Apartment Building
A man was shot in the lobby of a Paterson apartment building before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Details were sketchy following the 5 a.m. shooting at the four-story Broadway Gardens Apartments on Broadway near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospial in Paterson with a non-fatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. They didn’t disclose a possible motive, such as robbery. “Based on the preliminary investigation, the victim was in the first-floor lobby of a mult…
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Woman Struck By Gunfire From Outside Home
A Paterson woman was in her second-floor apartment when she was wounded by a burst of gunfire from outside, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after she was struck multiple times at her home off the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Warren Street shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim said in a joint release. The chief and prosecutor didn’t say whether they believe the woman was targeted from outside or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. They…
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Dad Charged With Child Sex Abuse
A married father from Paterson sexually abused a child over the past five years, authorities charged. Giovani Aguilar, 35, was arrested after Special Victims Unit detectives interviewed the victim and others, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The victim, now 13, “disclosed being sexual assaulted by [Aguilar] since the age of 8” at a residence in Paterson, she said. Aguilar – who recently worked for a company that makes ultrasound accessories -- remained held in the Passaic County Jail, charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a pre-teen, sexual assault and child endang…
Paterson, NJ
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Women Shot In Paterson
Two women were hospitalized following a shooting and car crash Monday afternoon in Paterson, responders said. Both victims were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center via private vehicles after the incident shortly before 4 p.m. on East 23rd Street near Community Baptist Church of Love between Broadway and Hamilton Avenue, they said. One is 23 from Bloomfield, the other 21 from Paterson, authorities said. Their injuries weren't life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Police, meanwhile, issued …
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Man, Threatening Woman During Argument
An ex-con from Paterson pulled a gun and shot another city man -- while threatening to kill a local woman -- during an argument, authorities charged. Paterson police captured Calvin Holmes, 34, in the area of North York Street and Sparrow Street on New Year’s Eve, several hours after the 3:15 p.m. shooting at Rosa Parks Boulevard and 12th Avenue. They charged him with attempted murder, making terroristic threats and several weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The victim was taken to nearby St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with injuries that …
Paterson, NJ
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One Confirmed Dead As Smoky Fire Consumes Passaic Restaurant
A woman was confirmed dead in a fire Wednesday afternoon that devoured a Dominican restaurant in Passaic. She was 58 years old and lived in a two-bedroom rear apartment of Santo Domingo Invita on Passaic Street where the fire originated, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Flames blew through the roof of the 1½ -story brick building after the fire ignited shortly before 3:30 p.m. Firefighters had the main body of the blaze knocked down in under an hour but continued battling flame pockets. It was then that they discovered the victim's remains amid the debris. "The medical examiner responded to…
Paterson, NJ
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Two Jersey City Men Shot In Paterson
Two Jersey City men who were shot in Paterson before dawn Saturday got to the hospital separately, authorities said. City police responding to a report of shots fired at the corner of Market and Cianci streets shortly after 2 a.m. found a crime scene and no victims, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. A short time later, a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Valdes and Baycora said. He was followed by a 28-year-old victim, they said. A parked vehicle was also s…
Paterson, NJ
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NJ Girl, 13, Kidnapped, Raped By Long Island Man, 24, She Met Online, Authorities Say
A 13-year-old Paterson girl was picked up by a 24-year-old Long Island man she met online and taken to a remote area where he sexually assaulted her, authorities said. Floiran Langumas-Montero of Farmingdale traveled to New Jersey around midnight Oct. 29 for "the purpose of picking up and taking” the girl to an unidentified location in Prospect Park, where he “engaged in sexual intercourse” with her, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in a joint release Friday. Langumas-Montero had “met and communicated with [her] online for several …
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