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Leader Of Jersey City Drug Crew Sentenced To More Than 4 Years Without Parole Leader Of Jersey City Drug Crew Sentenced To More Than 4 Years Without Parole
Leader Of Jersey City Drug Crew Sentenced To More Than 4 Years Without Parole The leader of a crew that slung cocaine and heroin in the Greenville section of Jersey City was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison. Jerome Powell, 43, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained 51-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He and four accused members worked in the area of Columbia Park, moving the drugs from an undisclosed stash house to a home on Bartholdi Avenue that servied buyers, according to a DEA complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. Authorities built a case by recording street deals and picking off buy…

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UPDATE: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street UPDATE: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street
Update: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street A 28-year-old father was shot and killed on a Jersey City sidewalk Friday night, authorities said. Rashawn Bethea was gunned down around 11:30 p.m. in front of a home on Wegman Parkway, up the street from near Audubon Park in the city's Greenville section, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the torso 15 minutes later, responders said. An autopsy was being conducted as part of an investigation by Suarez's Homicide Unit and Jersey City police, the prosecutor said. No suspected motive was initially given. CHECK BACK …

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by Jerry DeMarco