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South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor
South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor A 26-year-old South Amboy man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for selling fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in Raritan Township in 2022, authorities said. On Halloween night 2022, Cayla Dunham, a 21-year-old West Virginia resident and her boyfriend purchased what they thought was cocaine from Leonard Contreras in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. Dunham died from a drug overdose and subsequent laboratory analysis revealed that the substance ingested by Dunham was predominantly fentanyl, Robeson said. In October, Contrera…

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by Sam Barron
Obituaries
Cause Of Death Released For Whitney Houston's NJ Mom, Cissy Houston, 91 Cause Of Death Released For Whitney Houston's NJ Mom, Cissy Houston, 91
Cause Of Death Released For Whitney Houston's NJ Mom, Cissy Houston, 91 Cissy Houston, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston, died at home in Newark on Monday, Oct. 7. She was 91 years old. Houston had been in hospice care for Alzheimer's disease, the family said in a statement posted to social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Whitney Houston (@whitneyhouston) “Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,” Pat Houston, her daughter-in-law, said in a statement.  “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our live…

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by Sam Barron
News
'Gas Station Heroin' Killed Toms River Man, Family Says In Lawsuit 'Gas Station Heroin' Killed Toms River Man, Family Says In Lawsuit
'Gas Station Heroin' Killed Toms River Man, Family Says In Lawsuit The family of a Toms River man has filed a lawsuit claiming he was killed by a supplement known by many as "gas station heroin." The suit, filed on Thursday, Sept. 5 by the family of 32-year-old Matthew Cornier, names Neptune Resources, LLC; Super Chill CBD Products; and Hometown Market. Philadelphia-based law firm Feldman Shepherd announced the legal action in a news release on Thursday, Sept. 12. Cornier died on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, after consuming Neptune's Fix Elixir purchased from a store in Point Pleasant, the suit claimed. The product is marketed as a dietary supplement…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor
Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Paterson man who had been jailed on weapons offenses has been charged in the overdose death of a 26-year-old Bergen County man in 2023, authorities said. Vashawn A. Davis sold Tyler Kallensee, of Oradell, the fentanyl that killed him on Sunday, July 23, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Kallensee was found by officers responding to a 9-1-1 call reporting an unresponsive man in a private home. Kallensee was pronounced dead at the scene, and indicators of a possible drug overdose were noted, Musella said. Thus began a year-long investiga…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor
Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Morris Plains man was sentenced to 7 years in prison on Friday, July 26, for his role in a fatal overdose in Whippany in February 2023. In February 2023, a 28-year-old man, identified as T.H. was found dead at a residence in Whippany, after overdosing on a lethal toxicity of cocaine, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Hanover Township Police Chief Michael Loock said. An investigation revealed Anthony Dello-Russo distributed drugs the fatal drugs to T.H. a day before his death, authorities sai…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee
Mom Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter For Drug OD Death Of Daughter, 12, In Fort Lee 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 48-year-old Fort Lee mom was charged with aggravated manslaughter for the drug overdose death of her 12-year-old daughter. Frances Caso was initially jailed on various child endangerment and drug possession charges after onetime child model Trinity Caso Perez overdosed on May 25. Further investigation led to the more serious charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, May 31. Fort Lee police responding to a 3:34 p.m. call last Saturday found the lifeless child at Caso's Maple Street home. The youngster was pronounced dead soon after at Hackensack University Med…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest
Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Lodi man was jailed Tuesday in connection with the overdose death of a 62-year-old drug user last month from cocaine laced with fentanyl, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team led a May 21 raid on the Victor Street apartment of Randy Lantigua, 25. The early-morning raid and arrest stem from an investigation into the death of James White of Lodi, who was found unresponsive from an overdose in the bedroom of his home on April 6, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Raised in Wood-Ridge, James Anthony White was a self-employed contract pain…

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by Jerry DeMarco