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Leevander Wade

Essex County Drug Trafficker Gets 36 Years For Role In Three Murders: Feds Essex County Drug Trafficker Gets 36 Years For Role In Three Murders: Feds
Essex County Drug Trafficker Gets 36 Years For Role In Three Murders: Feds A 44-year-old East Orange drug trafficker was sentenced to more than 36 years in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 1,  for his role in facilitating three murders to further his narcotics enterprise, authorities said. Leevander Wade had previously pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. In February 2018, the drug enterprise’s leader, Michael Healy, found out that one of his conspirators in the drug trafficking enterprise was providing information to law enforcement, Sellinger said.  Healy ordered members of the Bloods in East Orange to kill the infor…