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Illegal 'Magic' Mushrooms Turn Up In NJ Police Stop, Authorities Say Illegal 'Magic' Mushrooms Turn Up In NJ Police Stop, Authorities Say
Illegal 'Magic' Mushrooms Turn Up In NJ Police Stop, Authorities Say A Lyndhurst police officer busted a Passaic driver with psilocybin mushrooms, authorities said. Officer Michael D’Alesandro was on patrol in the area of Riverside Avenue and Copeland Avenue when he spotted an older model Honda Accord without any functioning brake lights, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Sgt. Philip Reina joined his colleague at the stop and spotted a bag with several caps and stems of the well-known psychedelic on the front floorboard, Auteri said. Grown wild or cultivated, so-called magic mushrooms the naturally-occurring psychoactive and hallucinogenic compo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey Shore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Cocaine, LSD, Pot Bust: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Cocaine, LSD, Pot Bust: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Cocaine, LSD, Pot Bust: Prosecutor A Lacey Township man on Friday, Feb. 11 pleaded guilty to his role in a Jersey Shore drug bust, authorities said. Detectives discovered several ounces of cocaine, LSD, marijuana, and more during a warranted search of the car and home of Andrew Bradley, 22, in October 2021, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Bradley was storing and selling cocaine and marijuana out of a home in the Forked River section of the township between 2017 and 2020, the prosecutor said. Lacey Township police launched an investigation on Oct. 1, 2021, when they stopped Bradley in his car.&nb…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms' Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms'
Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms' An overseas package of hallucinogens led federal and local law enforcement officers to arrest a Brick Township couple on multiple drug production and distribution charges, authorities said. Patrick Fasano, 31, and Maria Fasano, 27, both have been charged with operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, possession of firearms and multiple drug-dealing and possession charges, according to Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan. After the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intercepted a suspicious package from the Netherlands -- which was addre…

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by Jon Craig
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NY State Driver Busted In Bergen With THC Dessert Assortment, Infused Soap, Police Say NY State Driver Busted In Bergen With THC Dessert Assortment, Infused Soap, Police Say
NY State Driver Busted In Bergen With THC Dessert Assortment, Infused Soap, Police Say A New York State driver had an illegal assortment of THC-infused desserts – cookies, muffins, brownies, chocolate bars and lollipops, among them – when Lyndhurst police said they arrested him. Hovadis Maracallo, 39, Middletown, was behind the wheel of a Honda SUV parked on a dimly lit stretch of Lafayette Avenue when Officer Mark Rivera rolled up around 10 p.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Seeing the officer, Maracallo drove off, then turned without signaling, Auteri said. Rivera pulled Maracallo over and immediately smelled marijuana, the lieutenant said. According to Au…

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by Jerry DeMarco