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Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge
Sagy Grinberg could’ve been a modern-day success story. A former shoe salesman, he went to medical school in the West Indies, got married on top of Mt. Carmel and took a prized residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark.
Then things went sideways.
For more than five years, state authorities said, Grinberg forged other doctors’ names on nearly 70 prescriptions for oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, Cialis and a bunch of other drugs – apparently all for himself.
The crimes came to light in March 2021, they said, when a Walgreens in Vauxhall notified a New Jersey doctor about a dozen scripts …
Doc's Office Manager, BF Got 4,000 Percocet Using Stolen Scripts, Wayne Police Charge
The manager of a North Jersey doctor’s office stole prescription pads that she and her boyfriend used to collect more than 4,000 Percocet from local drugstores, authorities said.
Detectives from the Wayne Police Special Operations Unit zeroed in on Luz Valle, 53, and Javier Sanchez, 48, both of Paterson, after the doctor alerted them to “someone illegally passing prescriptions in the doctor’s name at multiple pharmacies,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly said.
Detective Sgt. James Celentano and Detective Nick Pepe obtained multiple subpoenas and interviewed several people as part of a seven-month i…
Paterson PD: Detectives Smash Drug Operation, Seize 5,182 Heroin Folds, Handgun, Six Suspects
Paterson detectives smashed an Eastside drug operation, arresting several people and seizing 5,182 heroin folds, a handgun and hollow-point ammunition, authorities said.
Investigators watched Monday as two men – one from Paterson, the other from Rockland – separately bought a combined 182 heroin folds at a house on East 27th Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
After arresting both, they obtained the necessary warrants and raided the house, Speziale said.
Seized in addition to the heroin were 29 Percocet pills, two bags of pot, a .380-caliber Hi-Point Model CF380 handgun, ei…
Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say
A Paterson couple were busted with a huge variety of drugs for sale, including three-quarters of a pound of cocaine and hundreds of Ecstasy, Oxycodone, Xanax and Percocet pills, authorities said.
Besides the cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Victor Melecio, 27, and 28-year-old IsaMaria Bonilla of Jefferson Street were caught with:
178 Ecstacy pills;
80 suboxone film strips;
37 Oxycodone pills, following the sale of nine others;
36 Xanax tabs, having sold two;
20 Endocet pills;
8 Percocet pills;
Eight baggies of MDMA;
More than five ounces of pot packaged in 43 containe…
