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Hoboken Doctor, Roommate Busted With $15K Worth Of Drugs In Undercover Sting: Prosecutor

A doctor and her roommate have been accused of drug distribution after one sold 150 grams of cocaine to an undercover officer, and $15,000 in drugs were found in their home, authorities in Hudson County said.

Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson

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A raid of 38-year-old Elizabeth Johnson and 31-year-old Serge Corporan's Hoboken apartment turned up 17 grams of cocaine, more than 60 ecstasy pills and drug paraphernalia, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

Johnson is an emergency doctor at Hoboken University Medical Center.

Corporan sold cocaine more than 150 grams of cocaine to an undercover officer multiple times in February and March 2022, Suarez said. He was found with an additional 30 grams of cocaine at the time of his arrest, the prosecutor said. 

More than $15,000 worth of drugs were seized from Corporan and Johnson's home in an executed search warrant on Friday, March 18, authorities said.

Corporan was charged with:

  • Distribution (cocaine) 
  • Four counts of Distribution (cocaine) 
  • Five counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) Within 500 Feet of Public Property 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) Within 1,000 Feet of a School 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy) Within 1,000 Feet of a School
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy) Within 500 Feet of Public Property
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy)
  • Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with the Intent to Distribute 

Johnson was charged with:

  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) Within 1,000 Feet of a School 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy) Within 1,000 Feet of a School 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy)
  • Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with the Intent to Distribute
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) Within 500 Feet of Public Property 
  • Possession with the Intent to Distribute (MDMA/ecstasy) Within 500 Feet of Public Property

Corporan was taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility and released following his first court appearance on Saturday, March 19. Johnson was released on a summons and is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Friday, April 1.

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