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Bergen County Residents Among 23 Arrested In Another Major Drug Bust: Prosecutor Bergen County Residents Among 23 Arrested In Another Major Drug Bust: Prosecutor
Bergen County Residents Among 23 Arrested In Another Major Drug Bust: Prosecutor Twenty-three people including four women and 19 men from Bergen and Passaic counties have been arrested following a 10-month-long investigation into the distribution of cocaine and narcotics in Passaic County, authorities said. The 23 people were charged with various controlled dangerous substance offenses after an investigation that began last May, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and numerous police chiefs said. Law enforcement in Wayne and Pompton Lakes began investigating after responding to complaints about the sale of cocaine in the area, Valdes said. The investigati…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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Tardy Rochelle Park Hotel Guest Busted With Cocaine, Pills, Knife: Police Tardy Rochelle Park Hotel Guest Busted With Cocaine, Pills, Knife: Police
Tardy Rochelle Park Hotel Guest Busted With Cocaine, Pills, Knife: Police A Rochelle Park hotel guest who overstayed his welcome was arrested after officers found cocaine and pills for sale in his room, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a guest not leaving by checkout time at the Ramada by Wyndham Hotel on West Passaic Street found Anwar Mnawer, 33, of the Bronx disoriented shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, March 18, Capt. James M. DePreta said. “In plain view inside the room, officers observed a large folding knife, prescription pills, a baggie containing a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine, and miscellaneous drug paraphernalia,” the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Haledon PD: Local Resident Busted With Coke, Pills, More Haledon PD: Local Resident Busted With Coke, Pills, More
Haledon PD: Local Resident Busted With Coke, Pills, More Haledon police busted a local resident while seizing cocaine, dozens of prescription pills and packaging materials during a raid, authorities said. Wilfredo Ramos III, 28, was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson after police charged him with drug possession with the intent to distribute it and possession of paraphernalia. Detective Sgt. Timothy Lindberg led a team of Haledon officers who raided Ramos’s West Clinton Street apartment, Lt. George Guzman said. The drugs included 90 Adderall pills, Guzman said. Also seized were a bag of coke, pac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns
Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson police struck back against drug-related crime in the Silk City, seizing 16,163 heroin folds, 106 bags of cocaine and crack, hundreds of illegal prescription pills and two guns over a three-night stretch. The big haul was Tuesday’s heroin seizure. “Clearly, this was a major operation put out of business," city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. It was run from a fortified, first-floor apartment on East 18th Street, where detectives seized 10,150 heroin folds after watching residents Jeramy Lozano, 27, and Deserie Silva, 25, sell 6,000 more to James Saunders, 51, of Saylorsburg PA…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls
Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls Paterson detectives responding to citizens’ complaints arrested four people and seized 105 heroin folds, 30 illegal prescription pills and $690 in ill-gotten gains in a raid on a south side neighborhood home, authorities said. Accused street-level dealer Nidal Deeb, 28, who lives in the Sussex Street home was arrested by city Narcotics Division detectives, along with his alleged supplier, Miguel Garcia, 30, of Hemlock Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday. Both were charged with various drug possession counts, Speziale said. Deeb also was charged with distribution and i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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West Milford PD: Woman Whose Shoe, Phone Found At Crashed Car Still Missing West Milford PD: Woman Whose Shoe, Phone Found At Crashed Car Still Missing
West Milford PD: Woman Whose Shoe, Phone Found At Crashed Car Still Missing The search for a 29-year-old woman whose sneaker and cellphone were found in West Milford along with her crashed car entered its fourth day Wednesday. Police who responded to the minor crash off Oak Ridge Road near the Jefferson border found the car and the items but not Stephanie Bronaugh of the Sussex County town of Lafayette, 25 miles due east. An "exhaustive" but unsuccessful search involved K9 units a State Police helicopter and West Milford's Search & Rescue and Special Operations teams. Exactly a year ago Tuesday, police in Sparta said they found Bronaugh slumped over …

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by Cecilia Levine