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Paterson Police Department Reports Significant Increase in Arrests Due to Enhanced Information Sharing
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Police Department (PPD) recorded 1,681 arrests during the first half of 2024, marking an increase from 1,321 in 2023 and 1,431 in 2022 during the same period, law enforc announced. The most substantial surge was observed in warrant arrests, showing a 415% increase from the previous year and a 1,330% increase compared to 2022. Arrests for second-degree distribution of heroin or cocaine rose by 136% from 2023 and 55% from 2022. Additionally, there was a 62% increase in simple assault arrests from 2023 and a 51% increase from 2022, while aggravated assault with...
Paterson policeman tries to withdraw guilty plea in 2 assault cases
PATERSON — A convicted Paterson police officer who admitted in federal court that he assaulted two city men in separate incidents three weeks apart in 2020 is now trying to withdraw his guilty plea. Kevin Patino — who was fired two weeks after pleading guilty last February — filed...
Trio Faces Charges In Two Paterson, New Jersey Shootings
PATERSON, NJ.- Local, State, and Federal Authorities have arrested a 23-year-old Lodi, New Jersey man, a 23-year-old Paterson, New Jersey man, a 20-year-old Malden, Massachusettes man, and a 17-year-old Paterson, New Jersey Juvenile in connection with two shootings that occurred in the City of Paterson on April 17, 2024, and June 4, 2024.
New video shows suspects wanted in NYC bat attack, police say
NEW YORK - New video shows the suspects who attacked a woman with a baseball bat last week on a New York City street, police say.The video appears to show them walking on a sidewalk, as one talks on the phone. It's unclear if the video was taken before or after the attack. NYC bat attack caught on videoPolice said the woman was attacked around 2 p.m. Tuesday on Monroe Street in Lower Manhattan. Surveillance video shows her taking her cellphone from her bag when the suspects walk up from behind. One punches her while the other hits her with the baseball...
1 man killed in drive-by shooting in Harlem; police searching for gunman
An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Harlem on Tuesday.Officers responded to Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 118th Street around 1:40 p.m., where they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back.Surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows a white Honda traveling eastbound on West 118th Street. As the driver pulls up to the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, right near a senior citizen complex, shots are fired, sending people scrambling.The victim, who was shot, struggled to the sidewalk. He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside where he was pronounced...
Teen with pellet gun fatally shot by police: Body cam footage released as community calls for accountability
Police say the 13-year-old aimed an object - later identified as a pellet gun - at them before he was fatally shot. The boy's family is now calling for the officers to be "put in jail."
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