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Feds, Njsp Bust South Carolina-To-Paterson Gun-Running Ring
New Jersey State Police seized nine firearms that were headed to Paterson from South Carolina, leading to the arrests of six accused gun runners.
Four defendants were in a vehicle stopped by State Police on Sept. 26, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said.
Two of them -- ex-con Kendell McFadden, 28, and Laronmir MdFadden, 27, of Florence, South Carolina -- led the ring, a subsequent investigation involving the ATF found, she said.
The McFaddens recruited a group of straw purchasers to buy the guns in and around Florence for them, Honig said.
This summer, for instance, S…
Pair Charged With Supplying Drugs That Killed Jersey Shore Woman, Prosecutor Says
Two men from Monmouth County have been arrested for allegedly supplying a 35-year-old woman with a fatal dose of illegal drugs, authorities said.
Terrance R. Rose, 38, of Freehold Borough and Reginald A. Simeus, 42, of Howell both were charged with first-degree strict liability for a drug-induced death, Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said Thursday.
On Nov. 17, 2020, Howell Township police responded to a residence on a report of a possible drug overdose, Linskey said.
Police found Katherine Hughes, 35, of Howell who was pronounced dead at the scene, the prosecutor said.
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