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7½ Years Without Parole Awaits Twice-Armed NJ Ex-Con Nabbed By Federal Marshals 7½ Years Without Parole Awaits Twice-Armed NJ Ex-Con Nabbed By Federal Marshals
7½ Years Without Parole Awaits Twice-Armed NJ Ex-Con Nabbed By Federal Marshals UPDATE: An Essex County ex-con who rolled the dice and went to trial on drug and weapons charges is now headed to federal prison for more than 7½ years without parole as a result. Teriek Edwards, 44, of Newark, had already been charged by East Orange police with having heroin, cocaine, Oxycodone and other drugs, as well as a loaded 9mm handgun, during a previous arrest when U.S. Marshals seized him on a warrant in August 2018. Once again, he was packing a loaded 9, federal authorities said. Edwards went to trial rather than take a deal from the government. Jurors in U.S. District Court in…

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by Jerry DeMarco