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A Paterson man has been charged in the gunpoint kidnapping and robberies of two women in separate incidents last month, authorities said. Diquan A. West, 28, faces two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts first-degree armed robbery and other charges, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. Valdes said the crimes occurred on April 20 and 23 when a man with a gun approached the women in Paterson during early morning hours, forced them to remote locations, took their belongings and groped or attempted to grope them. “Based on the investigation, police identified Diquan …