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Elmwood Park Man Charged in Multiple Armed Robberies in Bergen and Passaic Counties

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Elmwood Park NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of HUSEM NASRI, 24, of Elmwood Park, NJ on charges of armed robbery, weapon possession, and other related offenses. The arrest is the result of a months-long investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck.

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FBI Coordinates Multi-agency, “Operation Clean House” to Locate and Arrest Violent Offenders

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Newark NJ, FBI Newark Safe Streets Gang Task Forces based in Newark Headquarters and the North Jersey Violent Crime Task Force based at the Garret Mountain Resident Agency worked with law enforcement agencies in Hudson, Passaic and Essex Counties to organize a month-long effort titled Operation Clean House to proactively locate and arrest violent offenders in a strategic effort to address violent crime. FBI agents, task force officers, and detectives made 29 arrests beginning November 1, through December 1, 2023. The charges range from drug possession, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, to manslaughter and murder.

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Paterson Man Arrested in Connection with Seven Armed Robberies of Pharmacies in North Jersey

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Paterson NJ, A Passaic County, New Jersey man arrested in connection with seven armed robberies of pharmacies made his initial appearance today in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

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NJ Attorney General’s Assumption of Control of the Paterson Police Comes Under Fire After City Sees it’s 6th Homicide in October

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Paterson NJ,  in the city’s sixth homicide in October, a man was fatally shot at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning near the parking lot of the Food Fair supermarket on Market Street, near East 36th Street, authorities said. The outbreak of October killings all in separate shooting incidents, represents Paterson’s worst month for homicides in more than three years.

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911 Call Claiming a Women was Dumping a Child into the Passaic River Triggers a Massive Multi-agency Search

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Paterson NJ, a 911 telephone call received by the Paterson Police Department from an individual who witnessed a woman dumping a child strapped in a car seat into the Passaic River triggered a massive multi-agency search on Monday morning, 07/17. Water, air (drone), and land searches were conducted for over one (1) hour before they were terminated after the witness’ account was not able to be verified. The search included , Fair Lawn Police Department,  Elmwood Park Police, Elmwood Park Fire Dept, NJ Paterson Police Department, Paterson Fire Department ,Fair Lawn Rescue Squad, Fair Lawn Fire Department, Fair Lawn Fire Company #4 ,Fair Lawn Fire Company #3, Fair Lawn Fire Company 2 ,and Passaic County Sheriff’s Office.

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Major Fentanyl Drug Ring Busted in Bergen County

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Oakland NJ, a Bergen County, New Jersey, man and a New York woman were charged for their roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in and around Bergen County, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

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NJ Attorney General Leads Multi-Agency Takedown of Chop Shop Operations in Bergen and Passaic

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Elmwood Park Nj, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, and Interim Director Derek Nececkas today announced charges against 14 individuals in the takedown of alleged chop shop operations linked to the theft of more than 35 vehicles throughout the state. The charges are the result of a five-month investigation conducted by the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), with assistance from the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, the Paterson Police Department, and other federal, county, and local law enforcement agencies.

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Three Brooklyn Residents Charged in Kidnapping Hackensack Teenager for Ransom

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Hackensack NJ, three individuals from Brooklyn, New York, were charged today in connection with a kidnapping for ransom that left a teenager with stab wounds after a dispute over a drug transaction, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

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NJ Attorney General Seizes Control of the Paterson Police Department

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Paterson NJ,  Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that his Office is superseding the Paterson Police Department, and assuming control of all police functions, including internal affairs investigations, effective immediately. Isa Abbassi, a twenty-five-year veteran of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and its current Chief of Strategic Initiatives, will become the Officer-in-Charge of the Paterson Police Department in May, having been appointed to that position by Attorney General Platkin. In the interim, command of the department will be assumed by key members of the Attorney General’s staff and leaders from within the New Jersey State Police (NJSP).

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Hasbrouck Heights Man Gets Six-Year Prison Sentence for Trafficking in “Ghost Guns”

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Hasbrouck Heights NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a Bergen County man has been sentenced to prison following his conviction on gun charges stemming from a gun trafficking investigation led by the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) and Paterson Police Department.

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Three Men Charged in Lodi Murder Investigation

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Lodi NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of GIOVANNI FELICIANO (DOB: 9/11/1999; single; unemployed) of 133 Shaw Street, Garfield, NJ and JEFERSSON GONZALEZ (DOB: 1/15/2001; single; unemployed) of 153 Lewis Street, Paterson, NJ on murder, weapons and drug-related charges; and ELVIS DEJESUS (DOB: 9/10/1997; single; unemployed) of 75 22nd Avenue, Paterson, NJ on weapons and drug-related charges.

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Paterson Police Sergeant Convicted of Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights

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Paterson NJ, a federal jury convicted a Paterson Police Department sergeant today of conspiring to violate civil rights and filing a false police report, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

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NJ State Police Teams Up With Other Law enforcement Agencies to Arrest 17 Fugitives

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Paterson NJ,  the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit coordinated a two-day cooperative mobile deployment that led to the arrest of 17 fugitives in Passaic County. Of the 17 arrested, 5 were identified as street gang members. This deployment is part of a comprehensive initiative to reduce violent crime statewide.

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The NJ Attorney General’s Office is Investigating 3 fatal police-involved shootings since the beginning of 2022

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Trenton NJ, the NJ  Attorney General’s Office has been conducting three investigations of fatal police-involved shootings since the beginning of the year . These investigations are statewide Paterson,Keansburg and Millville  and being conducted since the first of the year .These investigation is being conducted pursuant to Attorney General Directive 2019-4, which implements the statutory requirement that the Attorney General’s Office conduct the investigation of any death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody, and which establishes clear standards and procedures for conducting such investigations.

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Stolen Unlocked Car in Glen Rock Located in Paterson

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Glen Rock NJ, on Monday July 12th at  05:48 AM a Southboro Lane resident reported to Glen Rock Police that their 2013 Honda Civic had been stolen from their driveway overnight. The vehicle had been left unlocked with the keys in it. The resident also reported that $9,000 worth of golf equipment and a laptop computer in the vehicle along with $218,000 worth of orthopedic instruments and implants associated with the resident’s employment, had been in the vehicle when it was taken.

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