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Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee
Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 48-year-old Fort Lee mom was charged with aggravated manslaughter for the drug overdose death of her 12-year-old daughter. Frances Caso was initially jailed on various child endangerment and drug possession charges after onetime child model Trinity Caso Perez overdosed on May 25. Further investigation led to the more serious charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, May 31. Fort Lee police responding to a 3:34 p.m. call last Saturday found the lifeless child at Caso's Maple Street home. The youngster was pronounced dead soon after at Hackensack University Med…
STASH HOUSE RAID: Raw Coke, 150 Pills, $22,775 Seized, Three Arrested: Passaic County Sheriff STASH HOUSE RAID: Raw Coke, 150 Pills, $22,775 Seized, Three Arrested: Passaic County Sheriff
Stash House Raid: Raw Coke, 150 Pills, $22,775 Seized, Three Arrested: Passaic County Sheriff Officers in tactical gear safely locked an attack dog into a bathroom as Passaic County detectives raided a Paterson stash house during an operation that netted a third of a pound of raw cocaine, more than 150 illegal pills and $22,775 in cash, authorities said. They also took a BMW and a Hyundai for forfeiture while arresting a second-floor tenant, a fellow city resident and a man from Rockland County, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Complaints of drug dealing focused the attention of the sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics detectives on the home at the corner of Knickerbocker and G…
10 Busted, 1,194 Heroin Folds, Loaded Gun, $4,500 Drug Cash Seized At Notorious Paterson Corner 10 Busted, 1,194 Heroin Folds, Loaded Gun, $4,500 Drug Cash Seized At Notorious Paterson Corner
10 Busted, 1,194 Heroin Folds, Loaded Gun, $4,500 Drug Cash Seized At Notorious Paterson Corner It's one of Paterson's most notorious street corners, where both criminals and innocents have been shot, wounded and killed.  It's often an open-air drug market where young dealers sell to middle-aged users from the Silk City and beyond. In one fell swoop, city detectives seized 1,194 heroin folds, a loaded 9mm Taurus G2C handgun with a defaced serial number and a high-capacity magazine and $4,491 in proceeds while rounding up 10 people on either side of the illegal commerce at the corner of Carroll and Governor streets. The accused slingers outside the Carroll Street apartments were…
Paterson PD: 1,647 Painkillers, Gun, $112G Seized From Mom Once Tied To THC-Laced Kids' Cereal Paterson PD: 1,647 Painkillers, Gun, $112G Seized From Mom Once Tied To THC-Laced Kids' Cereal
Paterson PD: 1,647 Painkillers, Gun, $112G Seized From Mom Once Tied To Thc-laced Kids' Cereal A Paterson woman who was once charged with lacing children’s cereal with THC was busted with 1,647 illegal painkillers, a loaded gun and $112,788 in drug cash, authorities said. City narcotics detectives watched as drugs were sold from a second-floor apartment on Butler Street near River Street in the city’s north end, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Armed with warrants, they search the home and a 2021 Lexus NX3 owned by Connie Rivera, 51, he said. Police were familiar with Rivera, who was arrested with her son in Haledon in 2019 and charged with carrying dozens of bags of chil…
Fair Lawn Husband Charged In Case Of 2-Year-Old Who Swallowed Drugs Fair Lawn Husband Charged In Case Of 2-Year-Old Who Swallowed Drugs
Fair Lawn Husband Charged In Case Of 2-Year-Old Who Swallowed Drugs A Fair Lawn man was jailed after a 2-year-old child swallowed illegal drugs at an apartment he shares with the toddler’s mother, authorities said Thursday. Authorities had already charged his wife, Mariel DeVargas, 23, of Langan Court, before arresting Ramon Vargas, 48, on child endangerment charges. It began when the then-unresponsive child was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center on Aug. 26, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. “Upon medical evaluation, it was determined that the child tested positive for the ingestion of illegal controlled dangerous substances,” Musell…
KILLER HEROIN: 15 Members, Associates Of Violent 42-50 Paterson Drug Gang Indicted KILLER HEROIN: 15 Members, Associates Of Violent 42-50 Paterson Drug Gang Indicted
Killer Heroin: 15 Members, Associates Of Violent 42-50 Paterson Drug Gang Indicted Fifteen reputed members and associates of a violent gang that put 50,000 doses of lethal heroin and over two pounds of crack a week on the streets of Paterson were indicted by a state grand jury on Wednesday. The leaders, members and associates of the 42-50 subset of the Crips were slinging heroin connected to eight overdose deaths and 14 nonfatal ODs at open-air drug markets where shootings were common, state Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The indictment returned Wednesday in Trenton names 15 defendants, including reputed ringleader Marvin Goodman, 30, who was wounded in a drive-by…
Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash
Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash A Bronx food vendor had cocaine, Xanax, Oxycodone and pot in his car, along with $2,181 in suspicious cash, when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Officer Matthew Smith stopped the speeding vehicle after it drifted over the lane markers several times and driver Wilfredo A. Pacheco, 37, merged onto southbound Route 120 from Route 17 without properly signaling, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Smith “immediately detected an odor of marijuana” from inside the vehicle as he spoke with Pacheco, Berta said. Pacheco admitted that he had a small amount …
Barking Up Right Trees: Paterson PD K-9 Finds 683 Heroin Folds, 97 Crack Vials, 3 Loaded Guns Barking Up Right Trees: Paterson PD K-9 Finds 683 Heroin Folds, 97 Crack Vials, 3 Loaded Guns
Barking Up Right Trees: Paterson PD K-9 Finds 683 Heroin Folds, 97 Crack Vials, 3 Loaded Guns In a span of only 10 days, a Paterson K9 led police to 683 heroin folds, nearly 100 vials of crack and three loaded guns. Simpson began his string on June 18, finding 119 heroin folds and a handgun in a black plastic bag hidden inside a backyard grill in the 100 block of Governor Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Simpson found more drugs on the same block that same day. This time, it was 313 heroin folds and 72 cracks vials in a small plastic bag behind a wheelchair that was leaned up against a backyard fence, Speziale said. This past Friday, Simpson led police to a…
Englewood PD Tracing Gun That Fleeing Group Left Behind Englewood PD Tracing Gun That Fleeing Group Left Behind
Englewood PD Tracing Gun That Fleeing Group Left Behind A crowd scattered as Englewood police approached earlier this week, leaving a loaded gun behind, authorities said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected the firearm for ballistic testing, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Fingerprints and DNA retrieve from the weapon were being sent to the New Jersey State Police lab, he added. The gun was retrieved after officers approached the group, which Torell said acted suspiciously, around 8 p.m. Thursday in the Martin Luther King Garden housing complex on William Street. All “ran upon seeing the officers,” the …