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Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User A reputed member of a notorious Paterson street gang admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he sold fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a user. Authorities didn't identify the victim who they said died after ingesting drugs sold by Wyzier Peterson, 25. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled in September 2019 by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. One of them, Keith Brinkley, shot a Belleville man in Paterson and then fled to Geo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death
Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death The dominoes continued to fall for Paterson’s 230 Boys street gang when a reputed member was charged federally with selling the heroin and fentanyl dose that led to a user’s death. A grand jury indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Newark also charges Wyzier Peterson, 22, with two additional sales of heroin and fentanyl, as well as with conspiring to distribute both drugs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled last September by a strike force comprise…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man Federal Heroin Fugitive From Paterson Captured In Georgia, Charged With Shooting Belleville Man
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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by Jerry DeMarco