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Jersey Shore Man Found With More Than 2,000 Heroin Bags: Prosecutors
A Cape May County man was charged after police found him with more than 2,000 bags of heroin, authorities announced.
Kelvin Claudio, 35, of Rio Grande, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 23, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced in a news release. His arrest came after an investigation that included agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations.
Police executed a search warrant on Claudio and several locations throughout Middle Township. Officers seized about 2,100 bags of suspected heroin and $1,373 in cash. Suspected h…
Man Sentenced In Jersey Shore Cocaine-Dealing Ring
A Monmouth County man will spend several years in prison after he was part of a cocaine-selling network throughout New Jersey, authorities said.
Mark Capichana, 56, of Keyport, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 2 to 14 years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. Capichana received two seven-year sentences that will run consecutively after entering a guilty plea.
Capichana was arrested as part of "Operation Checkmate," an investigation between June and October 2021. The operation targeted "high-level cocaine distribution" in Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties,…
Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealers From Trenton Busted In Toms River: Prosecutors
Two Trenton men are accused of selling heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine across Ocean County, authorities said.
Jireh Mathis, 27, and Tashawn McDonald, 23, were arrested after a two-month investigation. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced their arrests on Monday, Jan. 29.
Police began surveillance on Mathis and McDonald in early December 2023. Mathis drove McDonald to the Green Meadow Apartment Complex in Toms River on Monday, Jan. 22.
Officers approached the two men after they got out of their vehicle. Mathis tried to run away, but he was caught by police. McDonald was ar…
Feds: Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl Dose That Killed Jersey Shore Woman
A Trenton dealer admitted in federal court that she sold a Jersey Shore woman the fentanyl dose that killed her, authorities said.
Tarashanna Blake, 33, met the 39-year-old victim near her Englishtown home, where the sale was made, on May 15, 2018, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
Englishtown police found the buyer dead of an overdose later that day, with several folds of what at first appeared to be heroin stamped “CAMEL” nearby, Honig said.
It was actually fentanyl, she said.
Blake took a deal from the government rather than face trial, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court …
Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Seized In Camden Bust, NJ State Police Say
Authorities seized 36 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and marijuana in a recent South Jersey drug-dealing bust.
Four people were arrested after authorities seized more than $350,000 in cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and marijuana as well as nearly $51,000 cash, a stolen handgun and three vehicles, state police said.
The arrests in Camden and Gloucester Township came after a 17-month investigation involving local, state, county and federal law enforcement authorities.
Warranted searches were made by police on March 30 at a home in Gloucester Township and three other residences in Camde…
