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Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack
Drug Runner In Newark Ring Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Trafficking Heroin, Crack A convicted drug runner from Newark must spend all of a plea-bargained 10 years in federal prison for his role in trafficking more than a kilo of heroin and a half-pound of crack. Maurice "Ree" McPhatter, 47, took the deal from the government rather than risk drug conspiracy convictions at a trial. Because there’s no parole in the federal prison system, he must serve the entire sentence imposed Friday by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark  McPhatter was among several members of a drug ring that operated in and around Newark who were taken down in 2017 by special agents and of…

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