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UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Update: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Nabbed For Selling Cocaine Near Trenton School, Police Say Pair Nabbed For Selling Cocaine Near Trenton School, Police Say
Pair Nabbed For Selling Cocaine Near Trenton School, Police Say Several nuisance complaints led to two men being arrested for selling cocaine near a Trenton school, authorities said. Officers responding to the nuisance complaints near Home Avenue conducted a narcotics search warrant on Ronaldo Najera and Jonathan E. Lemus-Zamora on Friday, Aug. 19, Trenton Police said. The search allegedly turned up 35 grams of cocaine, various paraphernalia, and $185 in cash. A vehicle was also seized, according to police. Najera and Lemus-Zamora were arrested and charged with possession and intent to distribute cocaine and paraphernalia, as well as possession with i…

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by Valerie Musson
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Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying
Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying Investigators from Bergen and Passaic counties cracked the March slaying of a 26-year-old Paterson man who was gunned down in the parking lot of a Lodi garden apartment complex. Charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the drug-related killing are Giovanni Feliciano, 22, of Garfield, and Jefersson Gonzalez, 21, of Paterson.  Charged with drug and weapons charges is Elvis DeJesus, 24, of Paterson. The victim, John Anthony DeLeon, was struck in a hail of gunfire at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments on Victor Street off Route 46 on March 8, said Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Muse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Convicted Cocaine Dealer Cleared By Jury On Charge He Killed South Jersey Customer: Prosecutor Convicted Cocaine Dealer Cleared By Jury On Charge He Killed South Jersey Customer: Prosecutor
Convicted Cocaine Dealer Cleared By Jury On Charge He Killed South Jersey Customer: Prosecutor A 29-year-old man from South Jersey was cleared by a jury of killing a drug customer, authorities said. However, Chris Lebron, 29, of Vineland, was found guilty of selling cocaine and fentanyl to the man who died, they said. Lebron was convicted of the lesser charge by a Cumberland County jury on Thursday, March 10, according to Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. The victim, Jeffrey Pindale Jr., also had heroin in his system — in addition to the cocaine and fentanyl —which an autopsy found may have contributed to his death, Webb-McRae said.  Lebron was found not guilty of causing a drug…

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by Jon Craig