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Cocaine Was Smuggled In Children's Toy Boxes: Ocean County Prosecutor Cocaine Was Smuggled In Children's Toy Boxes: Ocean County Prosecutor
Cocaine Was Smuggled In Children's Toy Boxes: Ocean County Prosecutor Three Jersey Shore residents have been charged in a major cocaine-dealing operation, authorities said. The cocaine was smuggled in children's toy boxes, they said. A cooperative, multi-agency investigation identified four residences in Toms River as being used by Christian Bultron-Rios, 37, Christian Bultron-Carmona, 18, and Anfernee Guzman-Romero, 26, all of Toms River, to store and distribute cocaine, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The investigation determined that this organization was importing large quantities of cocaine into the Ocean C…

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by Jon Craig
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Shoplifting Tools, Meth Recovered During Arrest By Brick PD Shoplifting Tools, Meth Recovered During Arrest By Brick PD
Shoplifting Tools, Meth Recovered During Arrest By Brick PD A 32-year-old man from Central Jersey was found sleeping in his car and arrested on multiple drug and shoplifting charges, authorities said. At about 11 p.m. on Thursday, Brick police were conducting surveillance at 715 Route 70 when they observed a man sleeping inside a vehicle in the parking lot, a police department spokeswoman said. Police identified the man as Christian Vatovec of Manalapan. Detectives allegedly found a large quantity of methamphetamine inside the vehicle, Patrol Officer Victoria Finelli said; Detectives also found Xanax, Suboxone and a hypodermic syringe, she said. …

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by Jon Craig
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GOTCHA! Woman, 38, Caught Trying To Steal TVs From Jersey Shore Walmart: Brick PD GOTCHA! Woman, 38, Caught Trying To Steal TVs From Jersey Shore Walmart: Brick PD
Gotcha! Woman, 38, Caught Trying To Steal TVs From Jersey Shore Walmart: Brick PD A 38-year-old woman from Lakewood has been arrested for trying to steal televisions from a Walmart store on the Jersey Shore. The woman reportedly used a tool to try and cut off security tags from the TVs, according to a spokeswoman for Brick police. On Friday at about 9 p.m., Brick police were called to the Walmart at 1872 Route 88 for a potential shoplifter, Police Officer Victoria Finelli said. A loss prevention employee explained that a woman was using an unidentified tool to cut security devices off of televisions, Finelli said. Brick Police Street Crimes Unit (SCU) observed the woma…

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by Jon Craig
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Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers
Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers A 67-year-old city resident was among a group of accused street dealers rounded up by Paterson police detectives in a quick strike on an open-air drug market that had residents living in fear, authorities said. The operation centered on a five-story brick apartment building on Broadway and surrounding neighborhood that have been a magnet for dealers, buyers and the shootings and other violence that follow them. Detectives identified several dealers "working in concert" at the building between Carroll and Summer streets, , city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A few are in their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: NJ Man With 200 Heroin Folds Found Riding In Car With New Year's Shooting Fugitive Prosecutor: NJ Man With 200 Heroin Folds Found Riding In Car With New Year's Shooting Fugitive
Prosecutor: NJ Man With 200 Heroin Folds Found Riding In Car With New Year's Shooting Fugitive Police tracking down a man wanted in a drug investigation found him with 200 folds of heroin and other drugs while riding in a vehicle also occupied by a fugitive wanted in a New Year's shooting, authorities in Somerset County said. Armando Ortiz Jr., 23, of Bound Brook, was the target of a heroin-distribution investigation when authorities saw him arriving at an undisclosed area in a vehicle occupied by two other individuals on Feb. 25 around 7:45 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.  As authorities approached Oritz for questioning, he tossed a 200 wax fold…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Fleeing NYS Buyer Leads Pursuing Paterson PD To 6,600 Heroin Bags, Gun, $32,800 Authorities: Fleeing NYS Buyer Leads Pursuing Paterson PD To 6,600 Heroin Bags, Gun, $32,800
Authorities: Fleeing NYS Buyer Leads Pursuing Paterson PD To 6,600 Heroin Bags, Gun, $32,800 What began as a Paterson police pursuit of a fleeing New York State drug buyer led to the seizure of 6,660 heroin folds, a loaded gun and $32,800 in proceeds, authorities said. Paramus and New Jersey State Police joined in chasing down John A. Garulli, 34, of New Windsor on the northbound Garden State Parkway, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Moments earlier, members of the city police Narcotics Division detectives saw Garulli buy drugs from ex-con Thomas N. Williams, 26, of Paterson at the corner of McLean Boulevard and East 38th Street, Speziale said. They tried to st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BUSTED: Jersey Shore Woman Charged In Hotel Room Drug Operation BUSTED: Jersey Shore Woman Charged In Hotel Room Drug Operation
Busted: Jersey Shore Woman Charged In Hotel Room Drug Operation Two women in the process of dumping cocaine into a hotel room sink drain were interrupted by police who found MDMA, heroin, suboxone and other drug paraphernalia, Secaucus police said. Police were conducting a "park and walk" in the Harmon Meadow area of Secaucus when someone notified them of possible nefarious activity inside one of the rooms on Feb. 16, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. After a week-long investigation, police went into the hotel room whree Ana Roman and Tracy Eayres were in the process of dumping cocaine into a sink drain, Miller said. A search of the room turned…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PD: Newark Duo Busted With Illegal Handgun, Large Capacity Magazine, Ecstasy In Morris County PD: Newark Duo Busted With Illegal Handgun, Large Capacity Magazine, Ecstasy In Morris County
PD: Newark Duo Busted With Illegal Handgun, Large Capacity Magazine, Ecstasy In Morris County A man and woman from Newark had an illegal handgun with a large capacity magazine as well as ecstasy and Suboxone when they were pulled over for a violation in Hanover, authorities said Antoine Watson, 31, and Shadeekah Moon, 37, had controlled dangerous substances in plain view when they were pulled over in Hanover Aug. 30, Chief Mark D. Roddy said. A search of the vehicle turned up ecstasy, Suboxone, drug paraphernalia and an illegal handgun, authorities said. Watson was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, felon in possession of a gun, possession of large capacity magazine, po…

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by Valerie Musson
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Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car
Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car A Vermont couple found sleeping in their car on a quiet Lyndhurst street had drugs and dozens of hypodermic syringes with them, authorities said. Sgt. Richard Holicki, Detective Billy Kapp and Officer Matt Giunta, responding to a call, found the couple nodded out in a Toyota Prius on Kearney Street around 7 p.m. They woke the pair and immediately spotted several syringes on the center console, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A search, Auteri said, turned up: 13 empty wax paper folds; 151 anticonvulsant pills; 1 pack of Suboxone; small amount of cocaine, including a rock of crack; 86…

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by Jerry DeMarco