Paterson

A convicted felon from the Garden State is returning to prison on ammunition and drug-related charges.

Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said officer Valentin Torres, 33, went to the Mancora Lounge in on Prospect Street in Paterson around 2 a.m. on Aug. 23 with Jonathan Cristobal to assault an individual.

A FedEx driver was held up at gunpoint by two masked men in an Edison industrial park after picking up a trailer full of perfume the night of Sept. 5.

A Paterson woman is charged with attempted murder for stabbing her niece, according to prosecutors.

The officer was recovering after what authorities said was an accidental discharge during a rifle course at a Paterson gun range.

An appellate court has sided with a Passaic County man who had a gun and drugs in his fanny pack during a Paterson police search.

The search is on for a woman who stabbed her 4-year-old niece multiple times in Paterson and hospitalized her, according to published reports.

A 2A 25-year-old Paterson police officer has been accused of stealing clothes while on duty at a store in the city.

The daughter of a 77-year-old woman said she was drugged and “forced” to go into her bank and withdraw cash but has no recollection of the incident.

A New Jersey judge dismissed an indictment against a police officer facing charges over shooting and paralyzing a Paterson man.