President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted
President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted Peaceful protests across the country have been "hijacked by outside radicals and agitators exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda," Attorney General William P. Barr said Saturday. Meanwhile, President Trump called on "Liberal Governors and Mayors” to get “much tougher” in dealing with protesters “or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests.” “Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME!" Trump tweeted. Protesters rallied peacefully in Englewoo…
Philly Man Sent To Fed Pen After DEA Smashes Cali-To-NJ Heroin, Fentanyl Network Philly Man Sent To Fed Pen After DEA Smashes Cali-To-NJ Heroin, Fentanyl Network
Philly Man Sent To Fed Pen After DEA Smashes Cali-To-NJ Heroin, Fentanyl Network A Philadelphia man must spend a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for his role in a bi-coastal drug network that was smashed when the DEA seized more than 40 pounds of heroin and fentanyl at a Hunterdon County rest stop. Denny Diaz, 30, struck a deal with the government in exchange for leniency when he admitted earlier that he’d collected six kilos of fentanyl from a California man at the service area in Bloomsbury in March 2019. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan sentenced Diaz in Trenton on Tuesday to three years of supervised release following his prison term.  Diaz mus…
Teens, Woman Shot At Notorious Paterson Corner Marked By Gang Wars Teens, Woman Shot At Notorious Paterson Corner Marked By Gang Wars
Teens, Woman Shot At Notorious Paterson Corner Marked By Gang Wars UPDATE: A 15-year-old boy was among three victims wounded in a weekend shooting outside a Paterson liquor store that gave one of the Silk City’s most notorious drug-dealing street gangs its name. Gunfire erupted at the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue outside 230 Liquors shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday. Taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with gunshot wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening were two victims – one 15, the other 18, authorities said. A 31-year-old woman was shot in the leg was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle, they said. Police wer…
Feds: Undercover Buys, Wire Snare Members Of Crew That Slung Smack, Crack In Newark Projects Feds: Undercover Buys, Wire Snare Members Of Crew That Slung Smack, Crack In Newark Projects
Feds: Undercover Buys, Wire Snare Members Of Crew That Slung Smack, Crack In Newark Projects Federal agents arrested three accused members of a crew that the government said has controlled the heroin and crack market in a labyrinthine complex of affordable housing and senior apartments in Newark. ATF agents working with U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito’s office and other local, state and federal law enforcers zeroed in on the privately-owned Pilgrim Baptist Village housing complex. Commonly known as “Pilgrim Village,” the project consists of 46 buildings, each with four units, with interior stairwells leading from each apartment to a common hallway that connects multiple buildings, …
Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home
Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Federal agents seized a combined 20 pounds of heroin and cocaine from an ex-con caught running a drug mill from his Union County apartment, authorities said. Brad Toby, 35, of Linden served three years in state prison on a drug conviction before being released in 2016, records show. Federal authorities who found him back at it also seized $100,000 in suspected proceeds, drug packaging materials – including scales and kilo presses – and a handgun with ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Toby, who's believed to be part of a larger drug ring operating in operating in New Jersey an…
Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man
Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man A reputed Paterson gang member who fled to Georgia amid a massive federal investigation of fatal drug trafficking shot and wounded a Belleville man in the city before he left, authorities revealed Wednesday. Keith Brinkley, a 29-year-old reputed member of the 230 Boyz, already was facing heroin-trafficking charges when he skipped town after shooting the 31-year-old victim in the area of Pearl and Carroll streets on Sept. 24, authorities said. Federal agents took Brinkley into custody in Georgia at the end of October, and he was brought to New Jersey this week, records show. While the U.S. …
VIDEO (WATCH): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes NJ-PA Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized VIDEO (WATCH): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes NJ-PA Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized
Video (Watch): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes Nj-pa Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized A rifle that fired the bullet that killed a 2-year-old girl being held by her mother was among more than 36 firearms and over a pound of meth that was seized in a joint takedown of a major gun trafficking ring operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, authorities announced Monday. The attorneys general’s offices in both states worked in tandem with NJ State Police, Philadelphia police and the FBI, DEA and ATF in “Operation Zombie,” which produced the arrests of five alleged ring members from Philadelphia who authorities said brought guns and meth into Camden. A semi-automatic rifle that th…
WATCH: Video Captures Passaic DEA Raid, 85 Pounds Of Coke, Heroin Seized In Three Busts WATCH: Video Captures Passaic DEA Raid, 85 Pounds Of Coke, Heroin Seized In Three Busts
Watch: Video Captures Passaic DEA Raid, 85 Pounds Of Coke, Heroin Seized In Three Busts Cellphone video captured a DEA raid involving a Passaic man who federal authorities said had more than 13 pounds of cocaine -- part of a much larger drug haul seized in two other locations. Ramon “Rafael” Fabian-Pena, 59, and two accused accomplices from Trenton were taken into custody by DEA agents during the raids, authorities said. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark ordered Thursday that Fabian-Pena remain in custody. Released on bail were Robin Peralta, 37, and Luis Susana-Delossanto, 32. All were charged with possession with the intent to sell large quantities of heroin after agen…
Newark Gangster Known As 'Homicide' Sentenced To Life In Bystander Killing Newark Gangster Known As 'Homicide' Sentenced To Life In Bystander Killing
Newark Gangster Known As 'Homicide' Sentenced To Life In Bystander Killing A Newark man who belonged to a violent street gang was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for crimes including the murder of a woman caught in the crossfire of a shootout that erupted over a drug debt nearly a decade ago, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.  Khalil Stafford, 35, a member of the Grape Street Crips who also went by the street names "Stod" and  "Homicide," had previously been found guilty of murder and drug-related racketeering charges.  He was among 66 gang members arrested in a May 2015 sweep and charged with a variety of drug-related offenses, includi…
Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels
Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels Four Paterson residents and two from Passaic were caught laundering more than $27 million for Central and South American drug cartels operating in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Morristown police helped the DEA and IRS crack the case, in which the defendants and other conspirators converted cash from drug sales in the two states to more than 1,000 cashier’s checks that were sent to brokers “acting on behalf of drug trafficking organizations with ties to the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and elsewhere,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “The cashier’s che…
California Rig Driver Caught With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl In Morris Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen California Rig Driver Caught With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl In Morris Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen
California Rig Driver Caught With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl In Morris Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen A Salvadoran national will likely be deported after serving a 27-month plea-bargained federal prison term for driving a tractor-trailer that contained 22 pounds of heroin and nearly nine pounds of fentanyl when authorities stopped it in Morris County. Joselito Colindres, 42, of Riverside, CA, previously admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark that he knew the drugs were in the trailer when he got to Pennsylvania, but he kept going to New Jersey, anyway. Authorities converged on the rig in North Jersey on Oct. 21, 2018, arresting Colindres, who they said had been living in the country lega…
Feds: 17 Linked To ‘230 Boys’ Gang Charged With Peddling Fatal Heroin From Paterson Feds: 17 Linked To ‘230 Boys’ Gang Charged With Peddling Fatal Heroin From Paterson
Feds: 17 Linked To ‘230 Boys’ Gang Charged With Peddling Fatal Heroin From Paterson Seventeen people connected to the Paterson-based 230 Boys street gang were charged federally following a coordinated drug-dealing sweep by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement, authorities announced Thursday. The 230 Boys members and associates, all Paterson residents, were involved in selling heroin tied to more than 60 fatal overdoses in New Jersey over the past year, in bags stamped with such names "9 V2," "Dorney Park," "Pandora," and "I Am Back," federal authorities charged.  The gang members also peddled cocain…