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Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Jerome “Righteous" Roberts will have to see his 70th birthday before he can taste freedom again. A convicted killer who aimed to "flood the streets" of Trenton with a "motherlode" of heroin, Roberts, 53, was sentenced this week to what will be a minimum of 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring that once dominated the capital city. Federal jurors had convicted Roberts, of Delran, of drug conspiracy following a three-week trial in Trenton in October 2021. U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in turn, sentenced the Bloods gang leader to a 245-month prison sentence t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI
Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI A high-ranking member of the Bloods with longstanding mob ties and a Passaic County man with a criminal history of his own were seized when they tried to fly to London out of Teterboro Airport with 28 pounds of cocaine and 500 pounds of pot on a private jet, federal authorities said. Leonardo Petrosillo, 45, of West Milford, and Edwin Spears, 49, of Newark brought three companions -- Spears’s girlfriend, an exotic dancer from Maryland and a friend of hers -- as a front for a dozen drug-stuffed bags of luggage, they said. The plane was to fly it all to John Lennon Airport in London, accordin…

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NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown A manager of a major New Jersey drug ring who's awaiting trial for shooting two undercover detectives must spend 13 years in federal custody after taking a plea deal from the government in a separate case. Juan Figueroa, 25, was the last of 19 members of the Bloods-related group who were convicted following a federal assault on an open-air drug market in Camden that provided walkup and drive-by service to its customers. Figueroa and two associates were also charged in state court with ambushing two Camden County Police detectives who were investigating the ring, which peddled heroin, crack,…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack
Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack An ex-con with a 25-year criminal history was carrying 100 heroin bricks when detectives stopped his SUV in Garfield, authorities said. David Clay, 45, of Paterson remained held in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of carrying both the 5,000 heroin folds and a half-ounce of crack for sale. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotic Task Force and Garfield police stopped the unemployed dealer's 2007 Audi Q7 Monday on River Road. Musella estimated the value of the drugs found in the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Famous Boyz: Federal Prison Time Piles Up For Newark Street Gang That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Smack Famous Boyz: Federal Prison Time Piles Up For Newark Street Gang That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Smack
Famous Boyz: Federal Prison Time Piles Up For Newark Street Gang That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Smack A massive joint investigation continues to produce federal prison sentences for members and associates of a Newark gang that flooded a city neighborhood with fentanyl-laced heroin, committed street robberies and used social media to threaten would-be snitches. The Famous Boyz, a subset of the Brick City Brim set of the Bloods, used juveniles and social media to dominate the drug trade around the area of South 18th Street and 15th Avenue – an area they referred to as “8 Block,” “18th” or simply “8,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Gang members used social media not only to promote their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson
Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson Ongoing warfare continued to escalate in Paterson when two men were critically wounded and another injured in a street corner shooting Friday night. Responding officers found the critically injured city men – one 58 and the other 35 – at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street shortly after 9 p.m., authorities said. Also wounded was a 35-year-old Newark man, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, they said. This comes after four other…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff
Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff UPDATE: A fugitive ex-con killed during a shootout in Paterson early Wednesday was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment at 6:30 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Canty had exchanged gunfire with his pursuers before he was killed, responders said. A SWAT team then made entry into th…

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Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest A pre-dawn cross-county pursuit Monday through nearly a dozen towns began in Mahwah, continued through Paramus and ended on a Haworth dead end street when the driver bailed out while the stolen car was moving. The 2014 Honda Accord slammed into a fire hydrant after grazing a cruiser driven by a Haworth police sergeant, who seized the passenger – a self-proclaimed gang member from Newark. The driver fled. It began when a Mahwah police officer began chasing the Honda -- reported stolen out of Linden -- shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday on Route 287. Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga pick…

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by Jerry DeMarco