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Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin
Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin Four suspects are facing life in prison after being charged for their roles in a multi-year heroin distribution ring in Orange County. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced that an indictment has been unsealed alleging that from 2015 through last year, Luis “Colla” Ortiz, Felix Velez, Carmen “Evaliz” Torres and Jose Colon conspired to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin in Middletown. Three were arrested in Orange County, and a fourth suspect was also arrested in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was presented in federal court. The indictment alleges that the traffickers dis…

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Two Nabbed After Year-Long Orange County Heroin Trafficking Investigation Two Nabbed After Year-Long Orange County Heroin Trafficking Investigation
Two Nabbed After Year-Long Orange County Heroin Trafficking Investigation Two Orange County men are behind bars following a year-long investigation into heroin trafficking in the area, according to the City of Middletown Police. Middletown police said their Narcotics Unit served two no-knock search warrants at two residences along with help from the state police and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. During the search, officers seized 4,131 bags of heroin, with a street value of more than $40,000, and $1,614 in cash. The heroin was stamped "The Punisher," and "Down Low," each of which is well-known in the area, police said.  They also seized a …

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by Kathy Reakes