PATERSON NEW JERSEY ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 VAN HOUTEN STREET HOMICIDE
" Marc DeJesus & Casandra Ramirez Both From Paterson Have Been Charged With Murder & Weapons Offense In The Fatal Shooting Of 60-Year-Old Hector Guzman."
September 24, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News
PATERSON, NJ.- On Friday, September 24, 2021 Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora
announced that based upon an investigation by The Paterson Police Department, in conjunction
with The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, and The United States Marshals’ Fugitive Task
Force, Marc DeJesus, 44, and Cassandra Ramirez, 32, both from Paterson, New Jersey were Arrested on Friday, September 24, 2021 in connection to the Homicide that took place on Tuesday, September
14, 2021, at 250-252 Van Houten Street in Paterson, New Jersey.
Mr. DeJesus and Ms. Ramirez
are both Charged with First Degree Murder; Second Degree Possession of a Handgun for an Unlawful Purpose; and Second Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun.
On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, Members of The Paterson Police
Department responded to the area of Van Houten and Straight Streets on a
report of a Shooting. Upon their arrival, Police Officers located Hector Guzman, 60, from
Paterson, New Jersey lying in the roadway in front of 250-252 Van Houten Street with an apparent gunshot
wound.
Mr. Guzman was immediately transported to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center
in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at
approximately 11:37 p.m.
The ensuing investigation determined that Mr. DeJesus and Ms. Ramirez were the individuals
responsible for the Murder of Mr. Guzman.
The couple were Arrested on Friday, September 24, 2021, at
approximately 9:30 a.m. by Members of the Paterson Police Department, The Passaic County
Prosecutor’s Office, The United States Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force, and the Barnegat Police
Department in Barnegat, New Jersey.
Upon the arrival of Law Enforcement, Mr. DeJesus jumped out
of a second floor window but was captured soon thereafter without further incident, and Ramirez
was captured without any incident.
If Convicted, The Crime of Murder has a sentencing range from a Minimum of Thirty Years up to Life Imprisonment; The Crimes of Second Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and Second Degree Unlawful
Possession of a Weapon, both have a Sentencing Range of Five to Ten Years in Prison with
42 Months term of service before parole eligibility.
The State has filed motions for pretrial detention on both Mr. DeJesus and Ms. Ramirez that will be heard by a Superior Court Judge.
The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this
incident to contact The Prosecutor's Office tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or contact The Paterson Police Detective Bureau at 973-321-1120.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER SEPTEMBER 24, 2021: LAW, PASSAIC:
