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Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User A reputed member of a notorious Paterson street gang admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he sold fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a user. Authorities didn't identify the victim who they said died after ingesting drugs sold by Wyzier Peterson, 25. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled in September 2019 by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. One of them, Keith Brinkley, shot a Belleville man in Paterson and then fled to Geo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Wanted In Deadly Belleville Stabbing Nabbed At Trenton Homeless Shelter Man Wanted In Deadly Belleville Stabbing Nabbed At Trenton Homeless Shelter
Man Wanted In Deadly Belleville Stabbing Nabbed At Trenton Homeless Shelter The 48-year-old man wanted in a stabbing that left one person dead and another injured in Belleville was tracked down and arrested at a Trenton homeless shelter, authorities said Monday. Termaine Pines, of Newark, had been wanted since the Nov. 20 incident on Van Rennsselear Street, when he attacked a woman going into her home and another woman inside of the home, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini said. One victim was able to flee and seek help while the other, an 84-year-old woman, was pronounced dead after officer…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint
Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint A Staten Island man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for a crime spree in which he defrauded several businesses, stole the identities of three women and robbed a merchant at gunpoint. Raymond Scura, 31, lived the high life at the expense of others, including a Mount Laurel country club and two Marlton merchants who were left with worthless checks and account information stolen from unwitting victims, federal authorities said. He also splurged on limo services, luxury hotels and “exotic” car rentals, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Things got violent when Scura forced …

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by Jerry DeMarco