Passaic County Information

Passaic County Criminal Defense Attorneys

Passaic County does not see a high amount of arrests given its population, but it does see a high amount of arrests for serious crimes.  Arrests for index crimes was far higher than Union County which about the same amount of total arrests for 2006.  Part of this reason was that Passaic had the highest amount of arrests for auto theft even though more cars are stolen out of Newark.  Passaic also had the third highest arrests for drug offenses.  With regard to white collar crime, arrests for forgery are relatively higher while arrests for fraud a are relatively lower than similar counties.    

Passaic County Court Information

All Indictable Criminal Court matters are held in the Passaic County Courthouse. The address is 77 Hamilton Street in Paterson..

Indictable crimes include Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Sexual Assault, Fraud, Forgery, Firearms charges, as well as most Drug/CDS charges. Minor charges such as Harassment, Disorderly Conduct, Simple Assault, Possession of Marijuana under 50 grams, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Resisting Arrest and Obstruction are handled in Municipal Court. See the Municipal Court information below.

Passaic County Judges

The current Passaic County Criminal Court judges are:

Presiding Judge Marilyn Clark

Ernest Caposela

Joseph Falcone

Nestor Guzman

Ronald Marmo

Phillip Mizzone Jr.

Randolph Subryan

Passaic County Crime Statistics

The most recent crime statistics are for 2006. All statistics are from the 2006 Uniform Crime Reports.

VOLUME/RATE

• Agencies reported 14,249 Index offenses in 2006, a 3 percent increase when compared to 2005.
• Violent crime increased 6 percent and nonviolent crime increased 2 percent.
• The crime rate was recorded at 28.6 victims for every 1,000 inhabitants, an increase of 3 percent compared to the previous year.
• Aggravated Assault decreased less than one-half of one percent while Motor Vehicle Theft increased 10 percent.
• Total value of property stolen in Passaic County amounted to $21.5 million, of which 24 percent was recovered.

ARRESTS/CLEARANCES

• There were 22,763 persons arrested during the year, a decrease of 5 percent when compared to 2005.
• Adult arrests decreased 4 percent and juvenile arrests decreased 7 percent.
• The total clearance rate for Index offenses was 17.6 percent; juveniles were responsible for 30 percent of those cases cleared.

Passaic County Municipal Courts 

Bloomingdale Municipal Court, 101 Hamburg Turnpike, Bloomingdale

Clifton Municipal Court, 900 Clifton Avenue, Clifton

Haledon Boro Municipal Court, 510 Belmont Ave, Haledon

Hawthorne Boro Municipal Court, 445 Lafayette Ave, Hawthorne

Little Falls Municipal Court, 35 Stevens Ave, Little Falls

North Haledon Municipal Court, 103 Overlook Ave, North Haledon

Passaic City Municipal Court, 330 Passaic St, Passaic

Paterson Municipal Court, 111 Broadway, Paterson

Pompton Lakes Municipal Court, 25 Lenox Ave, Pompton Lakes

Prospect Park Municipal Court, 106 Brown Ave, Prospect Park

Ringwood Boro Municipal Court, 60 Margaret King Ave, Ringwood

Totowa Boro Municipal Court, 537 Totowa Rd, Totowa

Wanaque Boro Municipal Court, 579 Ringwood Ave, Wanaque

Wayne Twp Municipal Court, 475 Valley Road, Wayne

West Milford Twp Municipal Court, 1480 Union Valley Rd, West Milford

West Paterson Municipal Court, 5 Brophy Lane, West Paterson