Prosecutor: Paramus Bust Follows Undercover Cocaine Buys Prosecutor: Paramus Bust Follows Undercover Cocaine Buys
Prosecutor: Paramus Bust Follows Undercover Cocaine Buys A Paterson man had already made several cocaine sales to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective when investigators and officers moved in an arrested him in Paramus, authorities said. Samuel Rodriguez, 45, spent a day in the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered him released following his arrest Thursday, records show. Investigators made quick work of the case after Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said they received a tip earlier this month that Rodriguez was dealing. “During the course of an investigation, [Rodriguez] distributed cocaine to an undercover detecti…
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Clifton Dealer With 1.2 Pounds Of Cocaine Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Clifton Dealer With 1.2 Pounds Of Cocaine
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Clifton Dealer With 1.2 Pounds Of Cocaine CLIFTON, N.J. – Passaic County Sheriff’s detectives seized 1.2 pounds of cocaine and more from a Clifton dealer after searching his home and car, authorities said. Wiston Ramiro Garcia-Oquendo, 41, became a target after investigators received a tip that he was selling coke from his Doherty Drive home and his gray Honda Civic, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Carrying warrants, members of Berdnik’s Bureau of Narcotics unit followed and then stopped Quendo Thursday afternoon, the sheriff said. Berdnik said searches turned up: 1 large vacuumed-sealed bag of cocaine; 1 small vacuumed-sealed …
Lodi Member Of All-Female Drug Ring Admits Selling Thousands Of Oxy Pills Lodi Member Of All-Female Drug Ring Admits Selling Thousands Of Oxy Pills
Lodi Member Of All-Female Drug Ring Admits Selling Thousands Of Oxy Pills LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi resident was one of four women who told a federal court judge Wednesday that they sold thousands of oxycodone pills obtained through prescriptions. Marie DeJulia, 42, admitted that she collected pills for sale from her co-conspirators: Michele Call, 63, and Nelida Rios, 55, of Flemington, NJ, and Call's daughter, 35-year-old Alicia Balaban of Wellington, FL. All four pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton to possession and conspiracy to sell the drug. Balaban, the accused ringleader conspired with Call, Rios and others to secure prescriptions for oxycodone, w…
Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61
Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A Rutherford delivery driver delivered Oxycodone pills to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective three separate times, leading to his arrest, authorities said. Investigators made the buys after learning in November that Steven Lanza, 61, was dealing the prescribed painkiller, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They arrested him Tuesday on drug distribution charges after the third buy, records show. Lanza was released pending an April 4 first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack.
Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years
Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years FORT LEE, N.J. -- A teacher's assistant admitted Tuesday that he sold tens of thousands of oxycodone pills for nearly seven years while he was working at a Fort Lee elementary school. Gary Dimick, 33, of North Bergen "faces serious prison time for his actions," said Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Dimick sold more than 25,000 30-milligram oxycodone tablets for $20 to $30 a tablet, Berman said, "on the grounds" of School No. 1 on Hoym Street, where records show he was employed. Who the customers were wasn…
Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School
Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School MAHWAH, N.J. -- Cocaine, Oxycodone and pot were among the drugs being sold from a hotel room near Mahwah High School, said police who busted a couple staying there. Investigating a tip, Detective Michael Grassi and Officer Matthew Buonocore and Officer Liam Kantanas watched the Route 17 hotel for four days before obtaining a search warrant and raiding the room, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. They were joined by patrol officers -- among them, Officer Robert Rapp and drug-sniffing K9 Remco, Batelli said. Arrested on a variety of drug charges -- including having drugs for sale within 1,…
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi couple running a drug trafficking operation from their home had 11½ pounds of cocaine and more than 1,900 pills for sale when Paterson police nabbed them and a Prospect Park accomplice with help from the DEA, authorities said. Simulataneous raids on a private house at the corner of Keasler Avenue and McGuire Place in Lodi and a North 10th Street apartment in Prospect Park turned up the cocaine, as well as Xanax (949 pills), Zolpidem (483) and Oxycodone (130), Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives also found more than two pounds of pot, 518 envelopes o…
Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop
Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop PATERSON, N.J. -- They came in various flavors and names, but the gummies and throat drops found on a speeding tailgater were made with THC, Paterson police said. The "Killer GummyYummy" and "Jolly Rancher Cannabis Herb" drops -- containing the active chemical in marijuana -- were found during a Monday afternoon stop of a speeding, tailgating Jeep Cherokee on 16th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. So was $7,180 in suspected drug proceeds, he said. Officers immediately smelled raw marijuana as soon as the driver -- identified as 35-year-old Alexis Fernandez o…
Feds: Lodi Member Of All-Female Oxy Ring Sold Thousands Of Pills Feds: Lodi Member Of All-Female Oxy Ring Sold Thousands Of Pills
Feds: Lodi Member Of All-Female Oxy Ring Sold Thousands Of Pills LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi resident was one of four women charged by federal authorities with operating an oxycodone ring that sold thousands of pills in New Jersey. Marie DeJulia, 42, of Lodi and the other three -- including a mother and daughter -- were released after federal court appearances on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The accused ringleader, Alicia Balaban, 35, had her appearance near her home in Wellington, FL, before being released, he said. Balaban's mother, 63-year-old Michele Call of Flemington, was arrested in New Jersey, along with DeJulia and Nelida Rios, 55, a…
Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again
Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A disbarred lawyer from Hackensack with a history of drug arrests was busted again by city police. Narcotics detectives arrested Barry Hoffberg, 51, on charges of maintaining/operating a drug facility out of his Prospect Avenue apartment, possessing and distributing cocaine and marijuana and having various tools of distribution -- among them, scales, grinders and sifters -- following a warranted raid Thursday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Hoffberg remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. Last February, detectives said they arrested Hoff…