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Quintet From PA, NC Nabbed By Teaneck Detectives With Three Kilos Of Coke Off NJ Turnpike Quintet From PA, NC Nabbed By Teaneck Detectives With Three Kilos Of Coke Off NJ Turnpike
Quintet From PA, NC Nabbed By Teaneck Detectives With Three Kilos Of Coke Off NJ Turnpike Teaneck police seized three kilos of cocaine along with three men from Pennsylvania and two from North Carolina during a traffic stop. Two vehicles traveling together were stopped by township detectives near the Glenpointe complex just off the New Jersey Turnpike during a drug investigation, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The 6½ pounds of coke had an estimated street value of about $60,000, the chief said. Taken into custody, he said, were Elias Reyes-Diaz, 42, Nelson Ramos-Claudio, 29, and Osvaldo Reyes-Jimenez, 28, all of Reading, PA, and Gastonia, NC residents Ramon Pumarol-Ro…
Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealer Busted At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealer Busted At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor
Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealer Busted At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man allegedly was busted with a variety of drugs at a Somerset hotel, authorities said. Anthony L. Banks of North Brunswick was charged with numerous drug offenses, according to Franklin Township police and the Somerset County prosecutor. Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Banks' arrest was the result of a two-month investigation of drug deals allegedly taking place at a hotel on Cedar Grove Lane in Somerset. On Monday, Feb. 27, Banks was arrested by Task Force Officers as he exited the unnamed hotel without incident, McDonald said. A warranted search of Banks' hotel room yiel…
UPDATE: Shots Fired, Two Seized In SWAT-Assisted Drug Probe In Kearny, Lyndhurst UPDATE: Shots Fired, Two Seized In SWAT-Assisted Drug Probe In Kearny, Lyndhurst
Update: Shots Fired, Two Seized In Swat-assisted Drug Probe In Kearny, Lyndhurst Narcotics detectives arrested two men, one of whom surrendered without incident in Lyndhurst and the other who was seized by a Hudson County SWAT team after shots were fired in Kearny. Boosted by heavily-armed tactical squads, detectives from the Bergen and Hudson county prosecutor's offices simultaneously hit both locations early Wednesday, Jan. 25, as part of a drug investigation, ranking law enforcement officers told Daily Voice. The first suspect was immediately seized at a single-family home on Union Avenue, they said. The second proved more problematic. He barricaded himself in an a…
Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect
Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect Thousands of dollars' worth of cocaine and guns were thrown from the eighth floor of a New Jersey apartment before it was recovered from the streets below during a drug investigation, leading to a slew of charges for two of the residents involved, including a PA shooting suspect using an alias, authorities said. A month-long investigation into the distribution of cocaine led detectives to the 600 block of West State Street in Trenton, where surveillance officers saw Jose Borges-Navarro open an eighth-floor window and throw two duffle bags out around 7:15 p.m. on Monday, June 13, Mercer Coun…
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Bayonne man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and giving her marijuana over the course of one year, authorities said. Stanley Feliz was arrested at his home on a warrant on Wednesday, March 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He is accused of sexually assaulting the girl, now 17, and providing her with marijuana on multiple occasions between June 2019 and June 2020, Suarez said. Following his arrest, the Bayonne Police Department conducted a court-authorized search of his home in connection with an unrelated drug investigation, the…
Three Caught, One Sought: Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize More Than 16,000 Heroin Folds Three Caught, One Sought: Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize More Than 16,000 Heroin Folds
Three Caught, One Sought: Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Seize More Than 16,000 Heroin Folds A manhunt was underway for a 20-year-old drug defendant from Paterson who nearly struck a Passaic County sheriff’s detective with his vehicle and then tossed bricks of heroin out the window as he fled before crashing in Hawthorne, authorities said. The wanted man, Jahmahli Carnegie, was one of three defendants who bought heroin for distribution from Kasheem Smith, 28, near his North 7th Street home, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. In Carnegie's car police found some more heroin, $1,231 in proceeds and his NJ Motor Vehicle Commission ID card, the sheriff said. A search of S…
Bergen Detectives Seize 4½ Pounds Of Raw Heroin In Raid Bergen Detectives Seize 4½ Pounds Of Raw Heroin In Raid
Bergen Detectives Seize 4½ Pounds Of Raw Heroin In Raid HACKENSACK, N.J. – A drug investigation took Bergen County detectives to Elizabeth, where they seized nearly 4½ pounds of raw heroin while arresting a man who they said tried to sell it to them. Jhon Rodriguez-Acosta, 31, who is single and unemployed, was dealing in Bergen County, among other areas, when he arranged a sale to an undercover investigator, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. On Wednesday, a strike force executed search warrants at his Elizabeth apartment and a hair studio that he lives above, where Calo said they found the unpackaged heroin, as well as d…
Passaic Sheriff: Hidden Vehicle Compartment Holds $24,000 In Ecstasy, Coke Passaic Sheriff: Hidden Vehicle Compartment Holds $24,000 In Ecstasy, Coke
Passaic Sheriff: Hidden Vehicle Compartment Holds $24,000 In Ecstasy, Coke PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives found a secret compartment that held nearly 1,000 Ecstasy pills and a half-ounce of cocaine in a car searched during a drug investigation, authorities said Friday. The unit was investigating the sale of both drugs in the area of Chadwick Street and Mary Street when a man identified as Yeahia Ahmed got out of a gray Lexus, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Ahmed, 32, of Woodland Park then gave an unidentified man what apparently were drugs in exchange for money, the sheriff said. The second man then got into another car and sped off, he s…