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Snake Eyes: Hackensack Police Bust Different Kind Of 'Shooters,' Break Up Dice Game
Hackensack police broke up a street dice game, arresting one man who they said was carrying pot and ticketing another who they said held the bones.
Officers responding to a Tuesday night quality-of-life call at James and Second streets found Dylan Osmun, 23, of Wood-Ridge, holding the dice, Capt. Peter Busciglio said.
Another man, 21-year-old Elijah Simmons of Hackensack, had loose marijuana scattered on his pants and a joint at his feet, Busciglio said.
Simons also “handed over a baggie [of pot] that he was holding in his hand to [an] officer,” the captain said.
Police arrested Simmons o…
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash
A Fort Dix corrections officer with an apparent penchant for gambling delivered synth pot and suboxone to inmates in exchange for cash before being arrested by federal agents Thursday, authorities said.
A U.S. District Court judge in Newark released Paul Anton Wright, 32, of Berlin, on a $100,000 unsecured bond Thursday afternoon after a brief hearing.
Between February and September 2015, Wright “received thousands of dollars in cash payments from the relative of an FCI Fort Dix inmate and subsequently delivered contraband, including K2 [synthetic marijuana], to the inmate,” U.S. Attorney C…
