Paterson police arrested a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old on 13th Avenue and East 33rd Street on Monday evening charged both with weapon and drug possession, said police director Jerry Speazile. The vehicle s operator, a 15-year-old city resident, was driving through 12th Avenue and East 22nd Street with fake license plates, said the director. Police… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Weapons Offenses
Pair charged in Woodland Park, Little Falls robberies, report says
Allegedly two men from Woodland Park and Totowa were arrested on Tuesday for a string of robberies. Edward Doherty, 19, and Yivank Rios-Roasario, 18, of Woodland Park and Totowa respectively, allegedly robbed the Gas Star gas station in Woodland Park Monday night, with one hinting he had a gun and the other holding a baseball… Continue Reading
Unpaid taxi fare leads cops to Lyndhurst drug stash, police say
In Lyndhurst police are searching for a man who skipped out on a $110 taxi fare led police to discover a large stash of drugs at a township apartment early Monday, authorities said. Officers responded around 1:20 a.m. to a report from the cabbie, who told police his passenger fled without paying after a trip… Continue Reading
Paterson police investigating Ward 5 shooting
Reportedly on NJ.com, Paterson police from the Cease Fire Unit are investigating the shooting of a 20-year-old man who was shot in the third floor of a Ward 5 apartment Thursday night. According to Lt. Patrick Murray, the 10 p.m. shooting at the apartment on East 19th Street that left the victim with a wound… Continue Reading
Clifton man chased, shot in Paterson
As reported on NJ.com, a Clifton man was shot in the back as he tried to speed away from two assailants on a street in the Third Ward, the city’s third shooting Wednesday, police said. Patrol officers found the wounded 26-year-old man sitting in a car at a strip mall at East 35th Street and… Continue Reading
