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Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff
Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff Five men are behind bars and a large quantity of crack sits in an Essex County evidence locker after police raided a Newark home early Tuesday, Jan. 17, authorities say.  Deputies executed a search warrant at a home on North 9th Street just before 11:30 a.m., said Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura in a statement. During the search, investigators say they found "over 400 vials" of crack cocaine and "around 200 decks" of heroin on the property.  Five suspects were arrested in connection with the bust, the sheriff said — 44-year-old Kareem W. Koon of East Orange, 44-year-old Jamar Horne of…

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by Mac Bullock
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BUSTED: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police BUSTED: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police
Busted: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police Two Morris County residents were slapped with several charges following a drug bust involving the seizure of ecstasy, cocaine, Adderall, and other substances, authorities announced. Officers responding to a dispute at a home in Budd Lake met with John P. Rowe, 30, and Stephanie L. Olver, 29, before the owner of the property gave consent to a search around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, June 10, Mount Olive Police said in a release on Tuesday, June 14. The search turned up suspected Alprazolam tablets, leading to the application of a search warrant for a silver four-door vehicle, police said. A searc…

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by Valerie Musson
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Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package
Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package A Somerset County couple was found with ½ kilo of cocaine after the U.S. Postal Service intercepted a suspicious package shipped to their house, authorities said Wednesday. Jorge Diaz, 32, and Grethel Guevara, 29, became targets of an investigation when the U.S. Postal Service identified a suspicious package to their Hillcrest Avenue home in Somerset earlier this month, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson announced in a joint release. Somerset County Sheriff’s Officer K-9 “Basilone” conducted an exterior sniff of the parcel, indicating a positive result for the presence of …

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by Cecilia Levine
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N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark
N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark A New York City man wanted on warrants issued in communities across North Jersey was arrested in Clark on a drug offense last week, police said.  Joye Rosario, 23, was picked up May 6 on charges of narcotics possession, possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, intent to distribute within 500 feet of a library and hindering apprehension  Police also discovered warrants for Rosario's arrest were issued in Cranford, Elizabeth, Linden, New Brunswick, Rahway, Secaucus, Tinton Falls and Woodbridge. The warrants totaled more than $5,400.  Rosario was bein…

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by Paul Milo