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Heroin Trafficking
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Newark Ex-Con Gets 19 Years, No Parole, On Federal Gun, Drug Convictions
An ex-con from Newark was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl while carrying a loaded gun. Ricky Hubbard, 46, was convicted by jurors in U.S. District Court in March. He'll have to serve out the entire 19-year term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Hubbard was talking on a cellphone when Union Township police stopped him in a 2012 Kia Sedona with tinted windows in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 near Ball Avenue on Nov. 6, 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. They immediately smelled pot while noticing a b…
Police & Fire
$8K In Heroin Seized From Elmwood Park Woman, Paterson Man In Warren County Bust: Prosecutor
Two adults are in custody after authorities in Warren County seized $8,000 in heroin from their car, officials say. Investigators executing a search warrant on a gray Acura ILX found 25 "bricks" of heroin, which police say is worth about $8,000 on the streets. The car belonged to Vashone Paul, 29, of Paterson, but was being used by Bianca Degregorio, of Elmwood Park, the Prosecutor's Office said. Each were charged with possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit the same, said the Warren County Prosecutor's Office in a release Tuesday, Nov. 15. Degreg…
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Major Trafficker Gets 14 Years, No Parole, For Shipping 40 Pounds Of Heroin From Cali To NJ
UPDATE: A major drug trafficker from Somerset County who flooded the New Jersey streets with major quantities of heroin -- some of it laced with deadly fentanyl -- must spend a plea-bargained 14 years in federal prison. William T. Bouza, 45, of Watchung, must serve out the entire term handed down by U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The judge also sentenced him to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $25,000 fine. Authorities targeted Bouza in early 2019 after intercepting 33 pounds of heroin stashed…
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Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison
A Hudson County gang leader must spend the next 22 years in a federal penitentiary for trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Noel "Kuko" Salgado, 41, was serving time when he had associates on the outside sneak the drugs into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg (Cumberland County), federal authorities said. One inmate who used the smuggled drugs suffered an overdose and was revived with Narcan after remaining senseless for nearly 20 minutes before having to be hospitalized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Salgado -- who headed the "Loyal Hoody Gang," a l…
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Murderous East Coast MS-13 Leader From NJ Sentenced In MD To Life
A Jersey Shore MS-13 overlord who ran the gang’s East Coast operation was sentenced in Maryland to life in federal prison on Friday, April 1 for a “reign of terror” across several states, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Miguel Angel “Reaper” Corea Diaz, 41, of Long Branch, NJ will have to serve out the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The capture of Corea Diaz was “one of the biggest takedowns of a high-ranking MS-13 leader in the United States," a district attorney in Nassau County said after he was indicted on Long Island in December 2018. Corea Dia…
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Feds: NJ Drug Dealer Who Led High-Speed Chase Moved 15 Kilos Of Heroin, Had $400K Cash
A large-scale drug trafficker from Somerset County who led investigators on a high-speed chase was dealing major quantities of heroin laced with deadly fentanyl, federal authorities said. William T. Bouza, 46, of Watchung, initially eluded police during a chase but was captured a week later, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Authorities targeted Bouza after intercepting 33 pounds of heroin stashed in a secret compartment of a Mercedes shipped to New Jersey from California on a car carrier in February 2019, authorities said. Bouza was waiting for the drugs in Union but bolted afte…
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Police: Newark Woman, 27, Nabbed For Selling Heroin In Hackettstown
A Newark woman accused of selling heroin in Hackettstown was arrested during a traffic stop last Friday, police said. Hackettstown Police initiated a traffic stop on Route 46 and identified the passenger, Nahaisah Tretola, 27, who was found with an unspecified amount of heroin, authorities said. Tretola was arrested and charged with two counts of distribution of heroin and two counts of possession with intent to distribute, police said. She was being held at the Warren County Correctional Facility. The arrest is the result of a two-week investigation into the distribution of heroin in Hac…
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Feds Bust Paterson Trio Selling 21,000 Heroin Folds Headed To Vermont
Federal agents busted a Paterson trio who they said trafficked city heroin and fentanyl to Vermont. A U.S. District Court magistrate judge ordered that Nysifah Deaveareaux, 27, and Caron J. Abrams, 26, and Shamir Williams, 25, remain in federal custody while the case proceeds. Federal agents caught Abrams with 200 bricks – more than 9,000 folds – of both heroin and fentayl during what was to be a deal in the parking lot of the Home Depot on Dayton Avenue in Passaic, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They learned that Williams negotiated the deals, including the transportation by Deaveare…
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Third Member Of Notorious Paterson Gang Nabbed In Drug Roundup Admits Dealing Heroin
A 35-year-old Paterson man became the third member of a notorious city gang to plead guilty the past month in federal court to selling heroin. Like others before him, Dwayne “Black” Northern – also known as “D Black” – struck a deal with the government rather than face trial. Northern was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members who were charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled last September by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. Northern pleaded guilty earlier this week to conspiring to have an…
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Correctional Officer From Passaic Among 5 Charged In Multi-Million Cross-Country Drug Ring
A correctional officer who lives in Passaic was among five men busted in the takedown of a multi-million-dollar bi-coastal cocaine and heroin trafficking ring, authorities on Long Island said. A judge released Anthony Cyntje, 22, of Passaic, without bail on drug possession and conspiracy charges. Authorities said he works at a correctional facility in Trenton. The judge also ordered another Passaic man, Dawshawn Jones, 33, held on $2.5 million cash bail. Even higher bails were ordered for two Long Island men: Brian Sullivan, 24, of Lake Grove, at $7.5 million, and James Sosa, 25, of Wadin…
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Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man
A reputed Paterson gang member who fled to Georgia amid a massive federal investigation of fatal drug trafficking shot and wounded a Belleville man in the city before he left, authorities revealed Wednesday. Keith Brinkley, a 29-year-old reputed member of the 230 Boyz, already was facing heroin-trafficking charges when he skipped town after shooting the 31-year-old victim in the area of Pearl and Carroll streets on Sept. 24, authorities said. Federal agents took Brinkley into custody in Georgia at the end of October, and he was brought to New Jersey this week, records show. While the U.S. …
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Eight Members Of Violent, Heroin-Dealing 'So Icy Boys' Paterson Gang Sent To Prison
Eight reputed members of the the violent, drug-dealing Paterson East Side “So Icy Boys” set were sentenced to prison terms stemming from a multi-agency law enforcement sweep. The heaviest sentence was given to Shadeik Stratford, 19, who got 10 years in exchange for a guilty plea to attempted murder for shooing a fellow gang member in October 2018. Stratford must serve 8½ years of that term before he'll be eligible for parole. Behind him is Fabian Frater, 29, of Paterson, who got nine years in state prison, more than 7½ years of which he must serve before becoming eligible for parole.…
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Watchung Man Had 50K Doses Of Heroin, Dealt Drug In Essex County: US Attorney
A Watchung man was expected to appear in federal court in Newark Wednesday on charges of heroin trafficking, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. William T. Bouza, 45, was arrested Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to distribute over one kilogram of heroin as well as obstructing and impeding federal law enforcement officers. Authorities say Bouza arranged to have more than 16 kilos of heroin shipped from California to Union County in February. The drugs were concealed in a special compartment known as a trap. Law enforcement intercepted the vehicle and then waited for …
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: Passaic County Heroin Dealer Gets 24 Years In Federal Prison
A high-level Passaic County drug dealer who flooded North Jersey and New York with heroin trafficked in from the Dominican Republic, Mexico and elsewhere must spend all of the next 24 years in federal prison. Yasmil "Animal" Minaya, 33, also will remain under supervised release, under the sentence imposed Monday by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark. There's no parole in the federal prison system, meaning Minaya will have to serve the entire term. Minaya -- who kept addresses in Totowa and Haledon -- was previously convicted of two counts of conspiring to distribute at least one k…
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