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Haledon Police Raid Clandestine Ecstasy Lab In Center Of Town, Seize Resident, 23 Haledon Police Raid Clandestine Ecstasy Lab In Center Of Town, Seize Resident, 23
Haledon Police Raid Clandestine Ecstasy Lab In Center Of Town, Seize Resident, 23 Haledon police busted a 23-year-old resident who they said mixed toxic and potentially fatal chemicals to produce homemade Ecstasy in the center of town. Acting on a reliable tip, investigators led by Detective Jeffrey Welsh obtained a search warrant and -- assisted by their department's Special Services Bureau -- hit the clandestine Haledon Avenue lab on Saturday, Feb. 10, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman said. They seized Santiago Zapata Palomeque after finding two five-gallon buckets of 3,4-Methylenedioxy​methamphetamine in his bedroom, the deputy chief said. They also found cocaine, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Fugitive Busted With Heroin/Meth: Stafford Police South Jersey Fugitive Busted With Heroin/Meth: Stafford Police
South Jersey Fugitive Busted With Heroin/Meth: Stafford Police A 37-year-old man wanted on a warrant was arrested on the Jersey Shore on multiple drug charges involving methamphetamine and heroin, authorities said. On Sunday at approximately 5 p.m., Stafford police received a call in reference to suspicious activity at 1236 Grays Road in the Warren Grove section of Stafford Township. Police found John B. Sharpe, 37, of Galloway, who was wanted on a warrant from that township, Stafford police said. It was not clear what he was wanted for. An investigation indicated possible manufacturing of meth happening on the property, police said. This led to…

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by Jon Craig
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Ex-Long Branch Police Officer Admits Having Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor Ex-Long Branch Police Officer Admits Having Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor
Ex-Long Branch Police Officer Admits Having Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor A former Long Branch police officer admitted making methamphetamine at his home, authorities said. Christopher Walls, 40, was arrested in May during a domestic dispute, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced. He pleaded guilty on Tuesday before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill G. O’Malley to charges of causing a risk of widespread injury and manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance, Linskey said. Walls received a plea-bargained sentence of 10 years in New Jersey state prison. As part of his plea, Walls -- who is a former Long Branch …

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Police Officer Ran Meth Lab At Home, Prosecutor Says Central Jersey Police Officer Ran Meth Lab At Home, Prosecutor Says
Central Jersey Police Officer Ran Meth Lab At Home, Prosecutor Says A 19-year veteran police officer with the Long Branch Police Department has been suspended without pay after being arrested for operating a  methamphetamine lab at his home, authorities said.  Christopher Walls, 50, of West End Avenue was charged on Sunday with various offenses related to manufacturing and maintaining a meth laboratory at his home, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Walls also was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, Gramiccioni said. “Thanks to the swift action of our office, the Long Branch Police Departmen…

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by Jon Craig
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Sussex County Man Sentenced To Three Years In State Prison For Heroin Mill Sussex County Man Sentenced To Three Years In State Prison For Heroin Mill
Sussex County Man Sentenced To Three Years In State Prison For Heroin Mill A Wantage man faces three years behind bars after he admitted to making heroin in his home for distribution, reports say. Anthony Cimbaro, 64, appeared for his virtual sentencing April 23 with his lawyer, Thomas Militano, as well as Assistant Prosecutor Jerome Neidhardt, NJHerald reports. Though Cimbaro was first indicted on 10 counts, he pleaded guilty to third-degree manufacturing/distributing a controlled dangerous substance and had the rest of the charges dismissed as part of his plea deal, reports say. Of a maximum five year sentence, Judge Louis Sceusi opted for three years, citing C…

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent UPDATE: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent
Update: Man In Million-Dollar W.O. Meth Bust Says He's Innocent UPDATE, Aug. 7: An attorney for one of the two men charged says he was "not involved" in the meth operation and that state charges against him have been dropped. Click here for more.  The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said Tuesday that two men arrested last week following a raid on what authorities said was a methamphetamine production facility inside a West Orange home will now face federal charges.  Brian Cheda-Hackembruch, 23, is charged with conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Eduardo Martinez, 39, is charged with…

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by Paul Milo
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Ex-Medical Residents Charged With Mahwah Man's 'Molly'-Inducted Death Ex-Medical Residents Charged With Mahwah Man's 'Molly'-Inducted Death
Ex-Medical Residents Charged With Mahwah Man's 'Molly'-Inducted Death Two former medical residents who authorities said manufacturing and sold Molly and LSD were charged with giving a Mahwah man the homemade drugs that killed him. Anthony M. Kopiecki and Molly R. Campbell, both 29 and from Brooklyn, are charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death, among other offenses, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. The victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he was pronounced dead, after the May 7 overdose last year at a private residence in Mahwah, Calo said. “An autopsy conducted by the Rockland County Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suicide Call Leads New Milford Police To Basement Pot-Growing Operation Suicide Call Leads New Milford Police To Basement Pot-Growing Operation
Suicide Call Leads New Milford Police To Basement Pot-Growing Operation A suicide call led New Milford police to a pot-growing operation in the basement of a local home. Officers were originally called to do a welfare check on a woman at a River Road home, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The woman answered the door -- not telling police that she was the one who made the call -- then directed them to the basement. There they found her brother, 48-year-old Victor A. Collado, and “detected an odor of raw marijuana,” Van Saders said. On a table in plain view was pot, the lieutenant said. Collado admitted growing the weed, then showed the officers “a climate…

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by Jerry DeMarco