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Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack
Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack A convicted drug runner from Newark must spend all of a plea-bargained 10 years in federal prison for his role in trafficking more than a kilo of heroin and a half-pound of crack. Maurice "Ree" McPhatter, 47, took the deal from the government rather than risk drug conspiracy convictions at a trial. Because there’s no parole in the federal prison system, he must serve the entire sentence imposed Friday by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark  McPhatter was among several members of a drug ring that operated in and around Newark who were taken down in 2017 by special agents and of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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State Police: Fugitive Ran Clifton Heroin Packaging Facility State Police: Fugitive Ran Clifton Heroin Packaging Facility
State Police: Fugitive Ran Clifton Heroin Packaging Facility PASSAIC, N.J. — A Paterson man wanted for operating a large-scale heroin packaging operation in Clifton ducked State Police for two months before they tracked him down, authorities said. Detectives who'd been investigating him for several weeks tried to stop Edwin Acosta, 35, on westbound Route 80 in Paterson in November after he drove off from the Christie Avenue apartment where the heroin was being packaged, State Police said. But Acost gunned the accelerator and sped off, they said, adding that troopers dropped back off out of safety concerns. Armed with a search warrant, members of the…

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by Cecilia Levine