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Decade For Bergen County Man Whose Drugs Led To Fatal OD In Morris County: Prosecutors Decade For Bergen County Man Whose Drugs Led To Fatal OD In Morris County: Prosecutors
Decade For Bergen County Man Whose Drugs Led To Fatal OD In Morris County: Prosecutors A 35-year-old Saddle Brook resident was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a fatal overdose in Pequannock Township in 2021, authorities said. David Pezak was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 12, after pleading guilty to strict lability for a drug induced death back in December, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Pequannock Police Chief Daniel Comune said.  On Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 police responded to an unresponsive woman at a residence in Pequannock, authorities said. The woman, identified as A.C., was pronounced dead at…

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by Sam Barron
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Paterson Family Physician Charged With Illegally Prescribing Percocet Paterson Family Physician Charged With Illegally Prescribing Percocet
Paterson Family Physician Charged With Illegally Prescribing Percocet A Paterson family physician sold Percocet prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose, authorities charged. Mahesh Mehta, 65, was named in an indictment returned by a state grand jury in Trenton charging him with illegally selling controlled dangerous substances. Deputy Attorney General Fernando D. Maldonado presented the case to the grand jury, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Detective Celeste Dowd coordinated the investigation, he said. Anyone with information about health insurance cheating or medical fraud can report it anonymously by calling a toll-free hotlin…

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by Jerry DeMarco