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Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen
Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen A convicted murderer from Trenton is headed to federal prison for four years for selling an illegal semi-automatic rifle and an extended magazine to a buyer who turned out to be a State Police cooperator. Edwin Gaines, 59, must serve all of the plea-bargained term approved Wednesday by a U.S. District Court judge in Trenton because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan also sentenced Gaines to three years of supervised release under the terms of the deal. The former Jersey City ex-con was among dozens of gun- and drug-running gang members nab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years
Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years A confessed member of a violent "war ready" Trenton drug-dealing crew must spend more than 13 years in federal prison for his role in a massive heroin trafficking operation. Omar “Stacks” Council, 41, is the latest of 23 defendants to take guilty pleas in exchange for leniency when he admitted participating in a trafficking network that flooded the streets of the state capital with heroin and other drugs amid shootouts with rival gang members Council -- also known as "Snow" and "Y-O" -- must serve out the entire 160-month plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal pris…

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by Jerry DeMarco