Drug bust outside Bergen-based agency that cares for children

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The undercover Ecstasy buys got bigger until investigators snatched up three men — during what would have been the largest deal of all — at the offices of a charitable organization that cares for children.

Jerry DeMarco

09/21/2010 7:13 p.m.

Sylone P. Depasupil (center), 29, of Eagle Avenue in New Milford, Marques L. Butcher (left), 32, of Krone Place in Hackensack, and Joel Ferreiras, 28, of Grove Street in Bergenfield now face drug dealing charges.

The first buy, 50 Ecstasy pills from Depasupil in New Milford, was on Aug. 31, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli.

Ten days later, an undercover detective bought 96 from Depasupil in Paramus.

Exactly a week later, on Sept. 17, the detective arranged to meet Depasupil at the Armenian Missionary Association of America building on Century Road in Paramus to buy 1,000 Ecstasy pills, Molinelli said. That would have brought the total haul to $20,000, he said.

Depasupil showed up with Butcher and Ferreiras, and all three were arrested. Bail for each: $75,000.

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