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Fords Man Among 5 Busted With Crack: Sheriff Fords Man Among 5 Busted With Crack: Sheriff
Fords Man Among 5 Busted With Crack: Sheriff Five men are behind bars and a large quantity of crack sits in an Essex County evidence locker after police raided a Newark home early Tuesday, Jan. 17, authorities say.  Deputies executed a search warrant at a home on North 9th Street just before 11:30 a.m., said Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura in a statement. During the search, investigators say they found "over 400 vials" of crack cocaine and "around 200 decks" of heroin on the property.  Five suspects were arrested in connection with the bust, the sheriff said — 44-year-old Kareem W. Koon of East Orange, 44-year-old Jamar Horne of…

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by Mac Bullock
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Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package
Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package A Somerset County couple was found with ½ kilo of cocaine after the U.S. Postal Service intercepted a suspicious package shipped to their house, authorities said Wednesday. Jorge Diaz, 32, and Grethel Guevara, 29, became targets of an investigation when the U.S. Postal Service identified a suspicious package to their Hillcrest Avenue home in Somerset earlier this month, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson announced in a joint release. Somerset County Sheriff’s Officer K-9 “Basilone” conducted an exterior sniff of the parcel, indicating a positive result for the presence of …

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by Cecilia Levine