Paterson

Paterson Council Speaker Alex Mendez allegedly stole mail-in ballots along with his wife and two campaign supporters to rig the 2020 election — new allegations that are far broader and more serious than when Mendez was first charged with election fraud in 2021.

Investigators in Paterson, New Jersey are trying to figure out what sparked a house fire that sent a family to the hospital for smoke inhalation and claimed the lives of two dogs, the local mayor said. The scene unfolded just before 5:30 a.m. at a multi-family home on Madison Avenue, according to fire officials. Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh asked for…

One of the holiest days of the year took an ugly turn Sunday when a religious leader was attacked inside a prominent New Jersey mosque. Authorities are investigating an early morning stabbing inside the Omar Mosque on Getty Avenue in Paterson. The suspect had visited the mosque several times before to pray, they said. The imam was leading prayer when…

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will take over the scandal-plagued Paterson Police Department, Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday — all in an effort to strengthen the trust between local law enforcement and the Paterson community after a string of controversial incidents and cases over the years. “Effective immediately my office has assumed all control of law enforcement functions…

A destructive fire took out a New Jersey pickle business Saturday morning and threatened a pair of nearby schools. The fire consumed much of the commercial structure on Ellison Street in Paterson after flames were first reported around 6 a.m., the city’s head of public safety, Jerry Speziale, said. The fire department’s response was upgraded to three alarms as...

A five-hour-long standoff between police in Paterson, New Jersey, and a well-known anti-violence worker in the city — that ended with officers fatally shooting him in his brother’s apartment — began with sobbing pleas from the man’s mother to end the ordeal. Details released this week by the New Jersey attorney general’s office, including hours of body-camera footage from...

A New Jersey State Trooper was shot in the leg while on patrol in the city of Paterson overnight, and while he is expected to be OK, law enforcement is still looking for suspects, officials said Thursday. The trooper, whose name was not immediately released, was said to be hospitalized in stable condition following the shooting on East 28th Street…

New Jersey’s top law enforcement official brought criminal charges Monday against a police officer he said shot a fleeing person in the back, wounding him severely. Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the state filed charges of second-degree aggravated assault and official misconduct against Paterson Police Officer Jerry Moravek. The charges stem from a June 2022 incident in which Moravek saw…

The family of a New Jersey man has been missing for nearly 10 months, vanishing the same night he was arrested, is seeking criminal charges be filed against the officers who brought him into custody.

A New Jersey man has been missing for nine months, and the last time he was seen was shortly after police in Paterson detained him. Now, two police officers involved in the case have been suspended. So what happened to Felix de Jesus?