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Brick PD: Home Depot Shoplifter Nabbed With Nearly $5,000 Worth Of Power Tools Brick PD: Home Depot Shoplifter Nabbed With Nearly $5,000 Worth Of Power Tools
Brick PD: Home Depot Shoplifter Nabbed With Nearly $5,000 Worth Of Power Tools A 28-year-old Whiting man was caught shoplifting more than $4,900 worth of power tools and other merchandise from a Route 70 Home Depot, Brick police said. Michael Schecton loaded the merchandise into a shopping cart and then ran out when a security officer tried to stop him, they said.Detective Sgt. Lawrence Petrola and Detectives Jeff Person and Matt Firneno arrived and chased down Schecton. A search of Schecton’s vehicle turned up a bag of gold jewelry believed stolen, police said. They charged him with shoplifting and obstruction of justice and sent to Ocean County Jail to await a…

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by Jon Craig
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Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore
Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore A Pennsylvania man admitted in federal court in Trenton that he participated in a drug ring that trafficked major quantities of heroin and cocaine into the Raritan Bayshore area. Guy Jackson, 47, was the 10th defendant snagged in a federal sweep to plead guilty in exchange for leniency at sentencing. The 11th is his wife, Lashawn Mealing, 48, who admitted trying to destroy evidence in the case. Jackson, of Effort, PA, “regularly obtained large quantities of heroin and cocaine for further distribution from co-defendant Gregory Gillens,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Mealing wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco