CRIME & SAFETY
Paterson fire tears through multi-story building
PATERSON − A fire on East 18th Street on Tuesday afternoon left smoke billowing into the sky and a building in flames. The fire started not long after noon in a multi-story building. Flames could be seen coming out of the top of the building with significant damage caused to the structure. The...
Troubled Passenger Dies After Jumping From Moving Car On Route 287: Njsp
The Ford was headed north when the 31-year-old rear-seat passenger from Connecticut opened the door and jumped out in the area of milepost 58.4 in Oakland around 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The victim sustained a severe head injury and had stopped breathing, responders said.
Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street Corner Wounds Out-Of-Towner, 42
Shots rang out at Godwin Avenue and Carroll Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 15. As officers were arriving at the scene, a private vehicle was taking the victim to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with non-fatal gunshot wounds, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint release Tuesday.
Fiend who punched 9-year-old girl at Grand Central in provoked attack says he hit her because he was ‘thirsty’: prosecutors
The brute accused of punching a 9-year-old girl at Grand Central Terminal allegedly told police he launched the unprovoked attack because he was “thirsty,” prosecutors said Monday. The bizarre motive for Jean Carlos Zarzuela’s alleged Saturday assault was revealed by prosecutors during his arraignment during which he was ordered held on $100,000 bail — after being cut loose earlier this month following a similar attack. “I hit the girl in the face because I was thirsty,” Zarzuela, 30, allegedly told a detective, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Shara Safer said during the arraignment. “Maybe I hit her in the face by accident.” When...
Initial Mystery Surrounds Woman's Body Found On Tracks In Fair Lawn
Firefighters were called to wash down the tracks, suggesting some type of train involvement. Responders at the scene said it was suspected -- but not yet confirmed -- that an empty train being "deadheaded" up the line to Suffern struck the person sometime between 5:45 and 6:15 a.m. April 15.
Woman shoots officer in Montclair, N.J., police say
MONTCLAIR, N.J. - A police officer was shot and the suspect wounded in Montclair, N.J. Monday afternoon. The shooting took place on Forest Street at around 2:45 p.m.The street was closed off as police and investigators with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tried to determine what led up tot he shooting. Authorities say the police were called to a home on Forest Street but haven't yet said why. They encountered a woman, who they say fired a weapon, hitting an officer. That officer returned fire, striking the woman. Both the officer and woman were taken to University Hospital in Newark. They both are expected to survive. Moments after the shooting, an elementary and high school nearby were put on lockdown. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office says there's not threat to the public.
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