50,000 Pills: Feds Hold Accused Fentanyl Trafficker From Mexico In Bergen Jail After NYC Bust 50,000 Pills: Feds Hold Accused Fentanyl Trafficker From Mexico In Bergen Jail After NYC Bust
50,000 Pills: Feds Hold Accused Fentanyl Trafficker From Mexico In Bergen Jail After NYC Bust Federal authorities kept an accused fentanyl trafficker in custody at the Bergen County Jail after they said they caught her selling 50,000 potentially fatal fentanyl pills in Manhattan. Agari Reyes-Sillero, a 34-year-old Mexican national, got into a cooperator’s car in with the multi-colored pills packed into four protein powder containers on Feb. 5, 2023, a complaint signed by a DEA agent alleges. She expected to be paid $400,000 in return, the complaint filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan says. Members of a task force comprised of DEA agents, the NYPD and the New Yo…
‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Wanted For Murder Nabbed In Florida With Fentanyl: US Marshals ‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Wanted For Murder Nabbed In Florida With Fentanyl: US Marshals
‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Wanted For Murder Nabbed In Florida With Fentanyl: US Marshals A former Pennsylvania barber who appeared in ”90 Day Fiance” and “90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?” has been arrested a year and a half after he allegedly shot and killed his former boss.  The wild arrest involved a bar fight, a knife, a loaded gun, more than 800 ecstasy tablets, and fentanyl, according to US Marshals.  Michael Anthony Baltimore, 44, of Carlisle, was wanted as the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of GQ Barber Shop owner Kendell Jerome Cook, 39, of Steelton, according to US Marshals. He had been bumped up to the US Marshal's Top 15 most wanted in June 2022, and on Frid…
Fentanyl-Fueled NJ Soccer Star Gnawed Man's Ear Off Thinking He Was Robot: DA Fentanyl-Fueled NJ Soccer Star Gnawed Man's Ear Off Thinking He Was Robot: DA
Fentanyl-Fueled NJ Soccer Star Gnawed Man's Ear Off Thinking He Was Robot: DA A 25-year-old New Jersey native and former soccer star apparently high on fentanyl was arrested in Oregon after authorities said he bit and chewed off the ear of a 78-year-old man because he thought he was a robot trying to kill him. Koryn Daniel Kraemer, of Westfield, is facing a second-degree assault charge for the 2 a.m. incident Jan. 3 on the Cleveland TriMet MAX platform area off Northeast 8th Street in Gresham, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt said. Kraemer allegedly approached the man at the platform and physically attacked him, biting and chewing off his ear and …
Dealer Admits Role In Major Ring That Moved Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ From NYC Dealer Admits Role In Major Ring That Moved Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ From NYC
Dealer Admits Role In Major Ring That Moved Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ From NYC One of three Manhattan men accused of flooding four North Jersey counties with massive quantities of fentanyl, meth and coke admitted his role in the organization, authorities said. Juan Carlos Merced Moreno, 45, and his partners operated a fentanyl mill in Washington Heights that supplied traffickers in New Jersey with at least 25,000 pills that were distributed throughout the Garden State, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. And that wasn't all. Authorities discovered the operation during what began as an investigation into the Hudson County crew, which flooded the str…
Feds: 200 Pounds Of Coke, Fentanyl Seized In NJ Turnpike Stop Of NY Tractor-Trailer Driver Feds: 200 Pounds Of Coke, Fentanyl Seized In NJ Turnpike Stop Of NY Tractor-Trailer Driver
Feds: 200 Pounds Of Coke, Fentanyl Seized In NJ Turnpike Stop Of NY Tractor-Trailer Driver A tractor-trailer driver from Yonkers had nearly 100 kilos of cocaine and fentanyl combined when he was stopped for driving erratically on the New Jersey Turnpike near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Members of a special federal drug task force found the nearly 225-pound shipment after stopping Alejandro Nouel Lajud, 39, on the Turnpike in East Rutherford on Monday, Dec. 5, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. The drugs were divided into 95 brick-shaped packages each weighing a little over two pounds -- 70 of them containing cocaine and 25 holding fentanyl, Selling…
Wanted Driver Barrels Stolen Jeep Through Morris County Intersection, Hits Car, Lands On Lawn Wanted Driver Barrels Stolen Jeep Through Morris County Intersection, Hits Car, Lands On Lawn
Wanted Driver Barrels Stolen Jeep Through Morris County Intersection, Hits Car, Lands On Lawn A Warren County man wanted for theft and burglary was on Fentanyl when he barreled a stolen Jeep through a stop sign, struck another car, ran through a fence, landed on a Morris County lawn, and later lied to police about his identity, authorities charged. Florham Park Police responded to the crash at the intersection of Brooklake and Crescent Roads just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, the department said. A 37-year-old Washington Township man ran a stop sign, struck the right-of-way vehicle, and crashed through a fence before disabling on a resident’s lawn, police said. The driver — wh…
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User A reputed member of a notorious Paterson street gang admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he sold fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a user. Authorities didn't identify the victim who they said died after ingesting drugs sold by Wyzier Peterson, 25. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled in September 2019 by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. One of them, Keith Brinkley, shot a Belleville man in Paterson and then fled to Geo…
Feds: Men From Philly, South Jersey Admit Roles In Major Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking Network Feds: Men From Philly, South Jersey Admit Roles In Major Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking Network
Feds: Men From Philly, South Jersey Admit Roles In Major Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking Network UPDATE: A man from Philadelphia and another from South Jersey admitted their roles in a major drug trafficking ring that dealt meth and fentanyl, federal authorities said. Kevin Salmon, 25, had 5½ pounds of meth and two guns in his home when it was raided by authorities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Salmon had served as a courier for a major drug-trafficking network that "distributed large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl," the U.S. attorney said. A second defendant, John Munson, 47, of Deptford, admitted selling meth as part of the operation, he said. …
250 Fentanyl Pills, Loaded Gun Found In Disabled Pickup Near Notorious Route 287/17 Flyover 250 Fentanyl Pills, Loaded Gun Found In Disabled Pickup Near Notorious Route 287/17 Flyover
250 Fentanyl Pills, Loaded Gun Found In Disabled Pickup Near Notorious Route 287/17 Flyover An out-of-state driver whose pickup truck ran out of gas on a notorious stretch of highway at the New Jersey/New York border in Mahwah was carrying 250 fentanyl pills and a loaded gun, authorities said. Officer Michael Silano immediately picked up on inconsistencies in the driver’s story after finding the disabled 2013 Fort F150 on the shoulder near the Routes 287 and 17 flyover at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Silano requested a Bergen County sheriff’s K9 who indicated the presence of drugs in the truck, the captain said. Mahwah Police Officer Joseph Simeone, Lt…
NJ Woman Found Hiding 15,000 Fentanyl Pills In LEGO Container During Drug Bust: DEA NJ Woman Found Hiding 15,000 Fentanyl Pills In LEGO Container During Drug Bust: DEA
NJ Woman Found Hiding 15,000 Fentanyl Pills In Lego Container During Drug Bust: DEA Federal agents found a New Jersey woman hiding nearly 15,000 fentanyl pills in a LEGO container during an ongoing investigation into a drug trafficking organization, authorities said. The bust took place on the Manhattan side of the Lincoln Tunnel on Wednesday, Sept. 28, said Frank A. Tarentino, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The DEA Task Force was conducting surveillance as part of the ongoing investigation when they saw Latesha Bush carrying what appeared to be a black tote bag wrapped around a large object, as she entered a vehicle in front of 475…
Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones
Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones A funeral is scheduled this week for a teenage mom from Mahwah who died tragically last week. Olivia Sybesma, 19, was a devoted mother, one who quit any further formal education after graduating from Mahwah High School in order to care for her nearly-1-year-old daughter, Layla Rose. Olivia “poured all her time and guidance” into raising the love of her life, her obituary says.  She also trusted others and “worried about everyone else except herself,” her mother, Marlaina Sybesma, wrote. So it was with that implicit trust that Olivia, feeling both down and anxious, apparently accepted a …
DEA Warns Of 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy DEA Warns Of 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy
DEA Warns Of 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy As if the drug wasn’t already terrifying enough: The DEA says it’s seeing increasing amounts of “rainbow fentanyl” being seized across the United States. The trend “appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people,” the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration warned. This month alone, the agency said, law enforcers at various levels have seized brightly covered fentanyl power and pills in 18 states. Some of it even comes in blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk, federal authorities said. …