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Disbarred Drug-Dealing Hackensack Lawyer Begins Prison Term Disbarred Drug-Dealing Hackensack Lawyer Begins Prison Term
Disbarred Drug-Dealing Hackensack Lawyer Begins Prison Term A disbarred lawyer from Hackensack with a history of drug-dealing convictions has begun serving a state prison term that won't see him eligible for parole until January 2022. Barry Hoffberg, 51, was sentenced last month to a plea-bargained 12-year maximum term -- with a four-year minimum before parole eligibility -- for operating what authorities said was a booby-trapped drug mill out of his Prospect Avenue apartment. An early January raid there turned up cocaine and marijuana, as well as various tools of distribution -- among them, scales, grinders and sifters -- city police said at the ti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again
Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A disbarred lawyer from Hackensack with a history of drug arrests was busted again by city police. Narcotics detectives arrested Barry Hoffberg, 51, on charges of maintaining/operating a drug facility out of his Prospect Avenue apartment, possessing and distributing cocaine and marijuana and having various tools of distribution -- among them, scales, grinders and sifters -- following a warranted raid Thursday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Hoffberg remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. Last February, detectives said they arrested Hoff…

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by Jerry DeMarco