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Uniformed Detective Flashes Smug Grin In New Mugshot After Heroin, Drug Arrest In Newark Uniformed Detective Flashes Smug Grin In New Mugshot After Heroin, Drug Arrest In Newark
Uniformed Detective Flashes Smug Grin In New Mugshot After Heroin, Drug Arrest In Newark A newly-released mugshot shows a 41-year-old Newark police detective smugly grinning amidst being charged with multiple drug offenses, including heroin possession. Ricardo Garden arrested by detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Professional Standards Bureau on Thursday, June 20, after being found in possession of drugs, Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Garden was charged with a litany of offenses: third-degree possession of heroin; third-degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute; possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within 100…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Essex Jail Officer, GF Stung By FBI In Scheme To Smuggle In Tobacco, Cell Phones: Feds Essex Jail Officer, GF Stung By FBI In Scheme To Smuggle In Tobacco, Cell Phones: Feds
Essex Jail Officer, GF Stung By FBI In Scheme To Smuggle In Tobacco, Cell Phones: Feds A corrections officer and his girlfriend were busted for smuggling tobacco and cellphones into the Essex County Jail from a source who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, federal authorities said. Efrin Wade, 34, and Yairisa Lizardo, 29, both of Jersey City, accepted $14,000 for the illegal acts and apparently were counting on another $30,000 when they were busted, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger said following their arrests on Tuesday, March 14. Wade, who’d worked as a corrections officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) in Newark since February 2020, be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Support Surges For North Jersey Lieutenant, Beloved Dad Battling Stage 4 Lymphoma Support Surges For North Jersey Lieutenant, Beloved Dad Battling Stage 4 Lymphoma
Support Surges For North Jersey Lieutenant, Beloved Dad Battling Stage 4 Lymphoma Support is skyrocketing for a North Jersey lieutenant and beloved father of three battling Stage 4 Lymphoma. Dominic Tafuri of the Essex County Department of Corrections was diagnosed with “aggressive” Stage 4 Lymphoma in December and will soon undergo several rounds of chemotherapy treatments, according to a GoFundMe launched for his medical bills. Tafuri — a former MMA fighter and loving father to Dominic, Cristina, and Matt — also faces the risk of the cancer spreading to his brain and nervous system. As a result, he will require advanced preventative treatment, which will involve seve…

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by Valerie Musson