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'Don't Call Police,' Says Cell Phone Thief With Heroin Who Spit In Officer's Face: Hoboken PD
A 28-year-old cell phone thief was busted with heroin spit in an officer's face after warning his victim not to call police, authorities in Hoboken said. A man later identified as Matthew Soler of Bloomfield had stolen a victim's phone while he was eating lunch at McDonald's around 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Hoboken Police Det. Jonathan Mecka said. The victim called his own phone and was able to speak to Soler, who told him to meet him in the terminal so he could return the phone, and then told him not to call police, Mecka said. The victim had already called police and the officers accom…
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NJ Inmate's Heroin Overdose Death Blamed On Drug-Smuggling Prisoner: Prosecutor
An inmate at the Monmouth County Jail has been arrested for allegedly causing the drug overdose death of another inmate, authorities said. David Egner, 32, of Toms River, was found unresponsive on the flor of his cell around 9:10 a.m. on April 17, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said. Medical first aid was immediately rendered and Egner was rushed to a local hospital for treatment, where he was diagnosed as suffering from heroin/fentanyl poisoning. Egner was pronounced dead later on the same day. Alvino Hinton, 47, smuggled the drugs into the county jail and di…
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Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More
Passaic County sheriff’s detectives nabbed three men who they said had more than 75 heroin folds, a couple dozen vials and baggies of crack and nearly a dozen Ecstasy pills among them. Members of the department’s Bureau of Narcotics and Fugitive Warrant Squad first spotted Nahdir Gonzalez, 29, “continuously entering and exiting a white colored Nissan Altima” near the corner of Essex and Madison streets in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Thursday. Gonzalez passed what appeared to be drugs to the two others – identified as Rajaheem Alston, 26, and Tyheem Reese, 30, the sheriff said.…
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Accused Dealers Nabbed As Heroin, Crack Cocaine Found During Sussex County Stop: Police
Three accused dealers were arrested and charged after a Sussex County traffic stop led to the discovery of heroin and crack cocaine, authorities said. Officers stopped a car that was speeding in the left lane of Route 26 in Byram and met with the driver, William Connolly, of Morristown, on Saturday, August 6, police said. While speaking with Connolly, officers learned that he had a glass crack cocaine pipe in his pocket, as well as other drug paraphernalia, police said. A follow-up search of the car led to the alleged discovery of crack cocaine, heroin, a scale, and plastic bags used for p…
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Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Drug dealers disabled a city surveillance camera, but that didn't stop Paterson detectives from busting five of them while collecting 715 heroin folds and a significant amount of crack on the street where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed, authorities said. Increasing shootings has brought a spotlight to the neighborhood on and around the corner of Essex and Madison streets, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Drug detectives worked undercover to build a case after wires were cut to a city camera on a utility pole at that corner, the director said. In just a few short hours, t…
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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted By Bergen Detectives
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized enough fentanyl to produce nearly 3½ million potentially fatal doses, along with enough heroin to fill more than 27,000 folds, while arresting a Baltimore man. Carlo Francisco Olivar Gomez, a 42-year-old painter by trade, was caught with more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and more than six pounds of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. According to the DEA, it takes only a single two-milligram dose of fentanyl to kill a person. A pound of fentanyl can produce 226,796 two-milligram doses. Multiplying that by 15 pounds gives…
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Deadliest Corner In Paterson? Five Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Five people were wounded in a predawn shooting Sunday at the same Paterson street corner where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to a shots-fired report at the corner of Essex and Madison streets found more than three dozen shell casings along with one of the victims, a 25-year-old Haledon man. He was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. Soon after, four more victims showed up at the hospital in private vehicles – three men, two of them 19 and the other 30, and a 17-year-old juvenile, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia …
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Philly Ride-Share Driver Busted In Bergen County, 4,650 Heroin Folds Seized
A rideshare driver from Philadelphia was nabbed with 4,650 heroin folds during a Bergen County traffic stop, authorities said. Marvin Taveras-Taveras, 30, was arrested in Ridgefield Park by Narcotic Task Force detectives who suspected he was transporting bulk amounts of drugs through the area, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Taveras-Taveras had 93 bricks of heroin in the vehicle, Musella said. The Dominican national was charged with having heroin for sale and sent to the Bergen County Jail following his arrest last Thursday, June 16, the prosecutor said Monday. A judge ordered…
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Wayne Mobile Home Heroin Bust Nets Four
A couple dealing heroin from a mobile home in Wayne and two buyers were all busted after neighbors complained, authorities said. Detectives watched Travis Evans and Savannah Lee Sommer sell from their unit in Finn’s Mobile Home Park in the shadow of westbound Route 80 near the Passaic River, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. After several hours of surveillance, the investigators busted alleged buyers after they left the area. On Wednesday, they grabbed Evans and Sommer, who Daly said were carrying heroin. Back at their mobile home police found more smack, as well as Xanax, the captain said T…
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Major NJ Drug Ring Smashed: Pounds Of Heroin, Fentanyl Seized, 14 Busted
Nearly three pounds of heroin and fentanyl were seized, along with three handguns, $70,000 in cash and more than $500,000 worth of jewelry in the takedown of a major North Jersey/New York City drug ring, authorities said. A U.S. Postal Service worker was among 14 people arrested as more than 100 local, county and federal law enforcers executed search warrants across Jersey City, Rahway and the Bronx, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.They also hit a Newark location where Suarez said the drugs were processed and packaged for sale. The ringleader, she said, was Charles King, 48, who…
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Meth, Heroin Seized From Pair In Jersey Shore Traffic Stop: Authorities
A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of two Jersey Shore suspects on multiple drug charges involving heroin and methamphetamines, authorities said. On Tuesday, May 10, at approximately 4:50 p.m., Sgt. Jason Guide stopped an Infiniti sedan at the Travel Inn and Suites Motel for careless driving, Lakehurst police said. The passenger of the vehicle, John E. Rivera, 40, of Jackson, was found to have an active criminal warrant and placed under arrest without incident. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of approximately 45 wax folds of heroin, a quantity of suspected methampheta…
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PA Mom Went To NJ For Heroin After Young Sons' Planned Murders: DA
The day that Trinh Nguyen shot her two sons was also the day she intended to die, authorities said releasing brand-new information. The 38-year-old Pennsylvania mom drove to New Jersey for heroin in an attempt to kill herself after shooting her two sons, Jeffrey "JT" and Nelson Tini, in their Upper Makefield home on Monday, May 2, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. All of it was planned, said Weintraub, noting the family had been given an eviction notice for Tuesday, May 3. But things exactly didn't go as planned, for Nguyen, who was captured around 11:3…
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