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Help Sought Finding Atlantic City Fugitive Who 'Laundered $107K Through Casinos': State Police Help Sought Finding Atlantic City Fugitive Who 'Laundered $107K Through Casinos': State Police
Help Sought Finding Atlantic City Fugitive Who 'Laundered $107K Through Casinos': State Police New Jersey State Police seek the public's help locating a fugitive from Atlantic City who is accused of using local casinos to launder $107,000 gained through selling methamphetamines. Jordan Ragland, 31, faces various drug, weapon and money laundering charges after an active investigation started in September 2020 by the New Jersey State Police Special Investigations Unit Casino Gaming Bureau. Ragland is accused of receiving several shipments of meth in the mail at a residence on Connecticut Avenue in Atlantic City, State Police said. Ragland was later linked to about $107,000 worth of “s…

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by Jon Craig
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Union County Woman Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Dealing Pounds Of Meth From JC Storage Unit Union County Woman Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Dealing Pounds Of Meth From JC Storage Unit
Union County Woman Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Dealing Pounds Of Meth From JC Storage Unit A Union County woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for selling meth by the pound from a Jersey City self-storage facility. Lorena Marquez, 48, of Union Township, must serve all of the plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Federal and local authorities investigating drug trafficking in North Jersey seized nearly two pounds of crystal meth from the storage unit and arrested Marquez. She, in turn, pleaded guilty to selling the drug in exchange for leniency. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton sentenced Marquez via videoconfe…

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by Jerry DeMarco