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NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown A manager of a major New Jersey drug ring who's awaiting trial for shooting two undercover detectives must spend 13 years in federal custody after taking a plea deal from the government in a separate case. Juan Figueroa, 25, was the last of 19 members of the Bloods-related group who were convicted following a federal assault on an open-air drug market in Camden that provided walkup and drive-by service to its customers. Figueroa and two associates were also charged in state court with ambushing two Camden County Police detectives who were investigating the ring, which peddled heroin, crack,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools
Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools Approximately 30 students in a major New Jersey school district were hospitalized after a “non-toxic consumable sanitizer” was found in many of the district's milk cartons Wednesday, March 30, officials said. Sixty-four of Camden's students were impacted by the substance, NJ Advance Media reports. School officials called 911 after 25 students at the Early Childhood Development Center on Pine Street ingested milk from sealed cartons "with an unidentified substance that had an antiseptic-like odor to it" around 9 a.m. city officials said. Eleven were hospitalized and then …

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by Cecilia Levine