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Four Die From Fentanyl Sold By NJ Dealer: Feds Four Die From Fentanyl Sold By NJ Dealer: Feds
Four Die From Fentanyl Sold By NJ Dealer: Feds Four people were killed by fentanyl peddled by a dealer from Somerset County who was captured in the middle of another sale, authorities said. A federal judge in Newark ordered Mauricio Gutierrez, 50, of Somerset held following an initial court appearance on charges of distributing drugs that killed users. Special agents of U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Newark took custody of Gutierrez after he was busted selling coke in Piscataway on Thursday, Sept. 28, authorities said. One of the buyers shared it with two other people that fateful June 2022 day, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor A Monmouth County man has been indicted for manslaughter and numerous drug charges in connection with a fatal overdose, authorities said. A Grand Jury returned a 37-count indictment against Robert M. Clayton, 39, of Belmar, according to county Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. On Jan. 2, 2021 at 1:21 p.m., Belmar police were dispatched to Third and River Avenues for a call reporting an overdose in the front seat of a car.   One of the responding Belmar officers immediately administered two doses of Narcan to an adult male, later identified as Jonathan Amato…
NJ Dealer Charged Federally With Selling Mix Of Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed User: Authorities NJ Dealer Charged Federally With Selling Mix Of Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed User: Authorities
NJ Dealer Charged Federally With Selling Mix Of Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed User: Authorities A Somerset County man was seized by federal agents who charged him with selling a mix of fentanyl and heroin that killed a user in Plainfield. Officers responding to the victim’s home found two wax folds containing both drugs and bearing a unique stamp, which they linked to Thomas Kane Miller, 38, of Somerset, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Investigators learned that the victim and Miller had arranged to meet shortly before the October 2022 overdose, the U.S. attorney added. Miller had also been found 10 days earlier with several wax folds of the same drugs with the same stamp, Selli…
Arrests Made In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Mom At Hackensack Mall, Co-Workers Rally For Daughter Arrests Made In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Mom At Hackensack Mall, Co-Workers Rally For Daughter
Arrests Made In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Mom At Hackensack Mall, Co-Workers Rally For Daughter UPDATE: Authorities vowed to find whoever sold the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed one of five women who overdosed on it at the Shops At Riverside mall in Hackensack.  They believe they have. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Friday, March 24, that two arrests were made in an ongoing investigation into what killed 29-year-old Michelle Edoo of Bergenfield, a nursing student and single mom who worked with three of the other victims at the Cheesecake Factory in the mall off westbound Route 4. Paterson residents Garfield Jones, a 48-year-old Jamaican national who works…
Services Set For NJ Model Jeremy Ruehlemann Services Set For NJ Model Jeremy Ruehlemann
Services Set For NJ Model Jeremy Ruehlemann Funeral arrangements have been set for 27-year-old North Jersey native and model Jeremy Ruehlemann, who died over the weekend in a New York City apartment. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Burnett & White Funeral Homes in Red Hook, NY. Following calling hours, all are invited to gather at The Early Terrible, in Woodstock, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10:30 a.m., at the Good Shepherd Church in Rhinebeck, NY 12572. The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed. Ruehlemann was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his friend's Midtow…
Possible Cause Of Death Revealed For Bergen County Model Jeremy Ruehlemann: Report Possible Cause Of Death Revealed For Bergen County Model Jeremy Ruehlemann: Report
Possible Cause Of Death Revealed For Bergen County Model Jeremy Ruehlemann: Report A possible cause of death has been revealed for 27-year-old New Jersey native and NYC model Jeremy Ruehlemann in a new report by the Daily Mail. Ruehlemann was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his friend's Midtown apartment around 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, the outlet says citing NYPD. He was pronounced dead at the scene. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeremy Ruehlemann (@ruehlemann) The model's 59-year-old father says his son battled an addiction to prescription pills for years, and while he's still waiting for the resu…
NJ Restaurant Owner, 'Green Book' Actor ID'd As Victim Whose Body Was Found Dumped In NYC NJ Restaurant Owner, 'Green Book' Actor ID'd As Victim Whose Body Was Found Dumped In NYC
NJ Restaurant Owner, 'Green Book' Actor ID'd As Victim Whose Body Was Found Dumped In NYC Bergen County actor and restaurant owner Frank Vallelonga Jr. was identified as the alleged overdose victim whose body was found dumped on a Bronx sidewalk earlier this week, authorities said. Vallelonga, 60, a longtime Paramus resident more recently of Franklin Lakes, lived in a long shadow cast by his late father, Frank Sr., an actor known for his recurring role on "The Sopranos" -- and whose nickname, "Tony Lip," gave his son's Italian pasta and pizza joint its name. According to Bronx court reports, a city man loaded the lifeless body into a vehicle owned by Vallelonga's younger brother…
Kearny Man Charged In OD Death Of Newark Fire Captain Kearny Man Charged In OD Death Of Newark Fire Captain
Kearny Man Charged In OD Death Of Newark Fire Captain A 42-year-old man has been charged in the overdose death of a beloved 49-year-old Newark fire captain who was found unresponsive at a fire station in January. Eliasel Baez, 42, of Kearny, was charged with strict liability in the death of Newark Fire Captain Carlos Rivera, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was also charged with distributing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, authorities said. On Jan. 15, Rivera, of Sayreville, was found unresponsive inside the Newark firehouse of Engine 15 Ladder 7 at 269 Park Avenue. 

He was taken to University Hos…
Baby Daddy's Response To '16 & Pregnant' Star's Death Causes Controversy Online Baby Daddy's Response To '16 & Pregnant' Star's Death Causes Controversy Online
Baby Daddy's Response To '16 & Pregnant' Star's Death Causes Controversy Online “We didn’t lose anything.”  Those were the words Derek Taylor tweeted after last Saturday's death of Jordan Cashmyer, with whom he shares a daughter.  The couple was featured together on the popular MTV show "16 & Pregnant" in 2014 before the birth of their daughter, Genevieve. Taylor's comment was posted by Instagram account @teenmomshade room. Some are calling it heartless, others say it's truthful. Derek Taylor commented "we didn't lose anything," following the death of Jordan Cashmyer, whom he shares a daughter with.Twitter screengrab via @teenmomshaderoom "Well, she had nothin…
Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police
Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police HEROES: Two good Samaritans helped police rescue an overdosing driver in one of two Narcan saves made in Emerson over the weekend, authorities said. The civilians had pulled the lifeless 30-year-old Lodi driver from his Ford sedan, which was stopped in the middle of Ackerman Avenue, shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Michael McDermott said. Sgt. Joseph Alasio assisted them with CPR and got a pulse, McDermott said. The driver was speaking with the sergeant when he lost consciousness again, McDermott said. Backup Officer Anthony Mazzo then joined the two civilians in CPR before members o…
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning 'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning A New Jersey mother is opening up on social media to spread awareness of counterfeit drugs after the sudden death of her 25-year-old son due to fentanyl poisoning. Denville native and Morris Knolls High School graduate Ross Michael Kaplowitz died Dec. 13, his obituary says. The University of Vermont student had gone out to smoke in the family’s garage and was found dead hours later, his mother, Marisa, details in a public Facebook post -- which had nearly gone viral as of March 3. “There was nothing we could do to revive him, although we tried," she wrote. "He died in his tracks.” Though…
HEROES: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station HEROES: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station
Heroes: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station Port Authority Police Officer Kyle Chmura knows an overdose when he sees one. Responding to a call of a man down in a third-floor bathroom stall at the George Washington Bridge bus station in Washington Heights, Chmura immediately began a sternum rub in an attempt to revive the 50-year-old victim. Chmura and backup Officer Chris Figueroa then gave the man oxygen and two blasts of Narcan that eventually brought him around, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. EMS arrived, continued care and took the victim to nearby Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for further treatment, Valens…
NJ Senate Approves Bill Aimed At Preventing OD Deaths NJ Senate Approves Bill Aimed At Preventing OD Deaths
NJ Senate Approves Bill Aimed At Preventing OD Deaths The New Jersey Senate on Thursday approved a proposed law that would require doctors to prescribe Narcan when writing opioid pain management prescriptions for high-risk patients. At least seven states now require co-prescribing Narcan (naloxone) with opioids: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Laws in California and Ohio require prescribers to offer naloxone co-prescriptions in certain circumstances. “It can make a difference in New Jersey, as well,” said state Sen. Anthony M. Bucco, R-Boonton, a co-sponsor of the measure, which had bi-partisan su…