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NJ Dealer Who Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Sentenced: Prosecutors NJ Dealer Who Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Sentenced: Prosecutors
NJ Dealer Who Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Sentenced: Prosecutors A Monmouth County man will spend a dozen years in prison after pleading guilty to selling cocaine to an undercover police officer, authorities said. Tyheim McGhee, 29, of Asbury Park was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 29 to 12 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30. He entered a guilty plea on Monday, Nov. 6.  McGhee was sentenced to 12 years for first-degree possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute in excess of five ounces, seven years for second-degree distribution of more than a half-ounce of cocaine, and…

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by Chris Spiker
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Jersey Shore Man Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Multiple Times: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Multiple Times: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Sold Cocaine To Undercover Cop Multiple Times: Prosecutor An Asbury Park man has admitted to selling drugs to an undercover officer multiple times, authorities said. Tyheim McGhee, 28, of Asbury Park, pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to the distribution of over ½ ounce of cocaine, and possession of over five ounces of cocaine with the intent to distribute, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. The guilty plea stems from a cooperative investigation involving detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Gang Task Force, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, in February an…

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by Jon Craig
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‘Full Service’ North Jersey Massage Parlors Raided: 4 Busted, Two Taken By Feds, $11,291 Seized ‘Full Service’ North Jersey Massage Parlors Raided: 4 Busted, Two Taken By Feds, $11,291 Seized
‘Full Service’ North Jersey Massage Parlors Raided: 4 Busted, Two Taken By Feds, $11,291 Seized An undercover detective had just entered a Fairview massage parlor when an employee stripped naked and listed the prices for oral sex and intercourse, authorities said. The investigator was part of a joint task force that took down what authorities said essentially were two “full service” brothels operating as massage parlors just blocks apart. Members of the federal Homeland Security Investigations’ Human Trafficking Unit seized two women on potential immigration violations, Fairview Police Detective Lt. Michael Martic said. Four other women were busted by borough police, the lieutenant…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Caller ID Leads To Guilty Verdict For NJ Man Who Dealt Fatal Fentanyl In PA Caller ID Leads To Guilty Verdict For NJ Man Who Dealt Fatal Fentanyl In PA
Caller ID Leads To Guilty Verdict For NJ Man Who Dealt Fatal Fentanyl In PA A drug dealer who sold lethal doses of fentanyl to undercover police officers was found guilty thanks in part to his caller ID, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Emilio Perralta, 20, of Newark, New Jersey, had his bail revoked after the jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges on Dec. 9, according to the release. Police were already attempting to catch Perralta by running an undercover operation in Aug. and Sept. 2019 when they were called to a fatal overdose on Williamsburg Road in Lancaster on Nov. 8 that same year, according to the release. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central Jersey Man Who Sold Drugs To Undercover Detectives Busted With $8.3K Worth Of Heroin Central Jersey Man Who Sold Drugs To Undercover Detectives Busted With $8.3K Worth Of Heroin
Central Jersey Man Who Sold Drugs To Undercover Detectives Busted With $8.3K Worth Of Heroin A Central Jersey man who sold heroin and cocaine to undercover police detectives in Somerset County was arrested after a brief police pursuit, authorities said Tuesday. Isiah Daniels, 31 of, Highland Park, had nearly 2,500 wax folds of heroin when authorities in Somerset County arrested him on Aug. 5, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Approximately 3,710 wax folds of heroin valued at $8,360, and a large amount of cocaine under ½ ounce were seized from Daniels after a three-month investigation, Robertson said in a joint release with county and local authori…

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by Cecilia Levine