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Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror
Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror A rear-view mirror hanging off a new SUV drew the attention of a Mahwah police detective who ended up busting a Rockland dealer and a companion with meth and an assortment of other drugs for sale at a local hotel, authorities said. Before they were done, police had seized meth, cocaine, methadone, clonazepam, hypodermic needles and packaging materials, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Detective Christopher Fasulo had gone to the hotel near the New York State border Monday night to check out a report of a stolen vehicle, Jaffe said. Fasulo noticed the rearview mirror hanging off the housing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say
Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say A flight from Newark to Miami was forced to make an emergency landing when a 45-year-old New Jersey man who had methamphetamine on him bit another passenger's ear and punched him in the face, authorities said. A doctor on the plane then tried to subdue John Yurkovich Jr., by giving him a shot of Benadryl on United Airlines flight 728 last Wednesday, officials told the Raleigh News & Observer. It all began when Yurkovich got up to use the bathroom, and when he sat back down in his seat he became agitated, the outlet says. "The suspect got up from his seat again to retrieve what app…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hoboken PD: Owner Finds $10K Worth Of Meth In Towed Car He Rented Out Hoboken PD: Owner Finds $10K Worth Of Meth In Towed Car He Rented Out
Hoboken PD: Owner Finds $10K Worth Of Meth In Towed Car He Rented Out A 31-year-old New York City man was in custody after the owner of the car he had been renting found $10,000 worth of methamphetamine in the vehicle after it had been towed to Hudson County, authorities said. Police were called with meet with a man who rents his car out through an app called Getaround on Jan. 20 around 9 p.m., after the vehicle had been towed to New Jersey when Getaround suspected it had been abandoned, Hoboken Police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Once in New Jersey, the owner inspected the car and found methamphetamine with a street value of nearly $10,000, approximate…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DA: Dealer Sold 23-Year-Old PA Victim Requesting Cocaine Lethal Cocktail Of Fentanyl, Heroin DA: Dealer Sold 23-Year-Old PA Victim Requesting Cocaine Lethal Cocktail Of Fentanyl, Heroin
DA: Dealer Sold 23-Year-Old PA Victim Requesting Cocaine Lethal Cocktail Of Fentanyl, Heroin A Delaware man was in police custody on accusations he sold fentanyl and heroin to a 23-year-old Pennsylvania woman who thought she was getting cocaine and ecstasy -- killing her, authorities said. Darryl Brown Jr., 32, has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death following Emma Allen's death, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lower Merion Township Police Superintendent Michael J. McGrath announced. Lower Merion Police arrived at the Casa Del Sol Apartments on Lancaster Avenue for a reported cardiac arrest around 12:50 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2020, Steele and M…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bergen County Man Among 5 Busted For Meth In Secaucus, Authorities Say Bergen County Man Among 5 Busted For Meth In Secaucus, Authorities Say
Bergen County Man Among 5 Busted For Meth In Secaucus, Authorities Say Five people were busted with methamphetamine when keen-eyed police officers spotted a suspicious vehicle parked in a corporate parking deck over the weekend, authorities said. The Secaucus Police Anti-Crime Unit saw the car on a deck at 100 Plaza Drive (near a Marriott hotel and corporate offices) around 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, Chief Dennis Miller said. During the investigation, police arrested Richard Rivera of North Bergen, 34; Katherine Chavez-Montalvan of Allentown, PA, 32; Allison Chavez-Montalvan of Weehawken, 22; Michelle Romanescu of Jamaica Estates, 31; and&nbs…

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Arlington Meth Dealer Caught Selling 8 Balls Gets Nine Years In Fed Pen North Arlington Meth Dealer Caught Selling 8 Balls Gets Nine Years In Fed Pen
North Arlington Meth Dealer Caught Selling 8 Balls Gets Nine Years In Fed Pen A convicted North Arlington meth dealer who was caught selling “8 balls” must spend the next nine years in federal prison. A federal judge in Newark sentenced Jeff DelaCruz, 38, to the plea-bargained term on Tuesday for having nearly two ounces of meth for sale. DelaCruz must serve just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. DEA agents watched in May 2019 as DelaCruz sold two “8-balls” of methamphetamine for $350 in cash, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He then agreed to sell three ounces of meth to a buyer for about $3,000, Carpenito added…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attorney General: South Jersey Driver On Meth, 39, Apparently ODs After Crash Attorney General: South Jersey Driver On Meth, 39, Apparently ODs After Crash
Attorney General: South Jersey Driver On Meth, 39, Apparently ODs After Crash A driver who ran from police after crashing his car in the parking lot of a South Jersey shopping center died of an apparent overdose after telling them he was high on meth, authorities said. A Voorhees Township police officer reported seeing the 39-year-old driver’s vehicle speed through the Voorhees Town Center lot and crash into a curb around 3 p.m. Sunday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The driver got out and ran after seeing the officer, Grewal said Wednesday. After chasing him down, the officer “struggled to restrain and handcuff him,” the attorney general said. “A ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Onetime Bergen Child Star Busted Breaking Into California Garage On Meth, Authorities Say Onetime Bergen Child Star Busted Breaking Into California Garage On Meth, Authorities Say
Onetime Bergen Child Star Busted Breaking Into California Garage On Meth, Authorities Say Former Montvale child star Shaun Weiss apparently was high on meth when he was caught during a home burglary, police in California said. Weiss, 40, whose credits included several episodes on “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” and "Freaks and Geeks," as well as the “Mighty Ducks” films, broke a car window to get into a car parked in a Van Nuys resident’s garage, police in Marysville said. Police said they found him after the owner called them shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday. “Officers ordered the male out of the vehicle and took him into custody,” the department said in a Facebook post. Weiss, who admitte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop
Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop Maywood police arrested two men and seized more than an ounce and a half of meth, along with various amounts of cocaine, GHB and pot for sale after a Route 17 traffic stop led to the search of an Edgewater hotel room and a Lodi storage unit. Officers Ben Singer and Brian Rubio pulled over a rented 2018 Nissan Altima that was being driven carelessly and not maintaining a lane on the southbound highway late Saturday, Detective Sgt. Jason Liaban said. The officers took the driver, Michael Jensen, 29, of Secaucus and passenger Shavar Ingram, 33, of Lodi and into custody after finding meth, mari…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent
Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent An attorney for one of two men charged following a raid on what authorities said was a major methamphetamine production facility said his client is not guilty of the charges brought against him.  Eduardo Martinez "has maintained from the get-go that he was not involved in the production or distribution of meth," attorney Jef Henninger of Clifton said Wednesday.  Last week Essex County Sheriff's officers spearheaded a search at a home on Lorelei Road in West Orange. Authorities say they recovered methamphetamine with a street value of about $1 million, drug-production materials and…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent UPDATE: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent
Update: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent UPDATE, Aug. 7: An attorney for one of the two men charged says he was "not involved" in the meth operation and that state charges against him have been dropped. Click here for more.  The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said Tuesday that two men arrested last week following a raid on what authorities said was a methamphetamine production facility inside a West Orange home will now face federal charges.  Brian Cheda-Hackembruch, 23, is charged with conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Eduardo Martinez, 39, is charged with…

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by Paul Milo