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Mugshots Released: SWAT Raid Uncovers 28K Fentanyl Pills, Meth, Ghost Guns In Bergen County Mugshots Released: SWAT Raid Uncovers 28K Fentanyl Pills, Meth, Ghost Guns In Bergen County
Mugshots Released: SWAT Raid Uncovers 28K Fentanyl Pills, Meth, Ghost Guns In Bergen County A major drug bust in Bergen County led to the seizure of tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills, along with cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and untraceable firearms, authorities said in announcing the arrests of the three men behind it. Ramon Morillo, 39, of Fort Lee; Brandon Morillo, 31, of Lodi; and Joseph Diaz, 34, of Fort Lee, were arrested on Thursday, Nov. 7, following a months-long investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation began in July 2024, when detectives identified Mo…
Thomas Adamo Elected Passaic County Sheriff, Vows To Serve Community He Calls Home Thomas Adamo Elected Passaic County Sheriff, Vows To Serve Community He Calls Home
Thomas Adamo Elected Passaic County Sheriff, Vows To Serve Community He Calls Home Passaic County voters have chosen Democrat Thomas Adamo as their new sheriff, filling the position left vacant by the late Sheriff Richard Berdnik.  A lifelong Passaic County resident, Adamo won the election with 94,157 votes, while Maria Saracino, a detective captain with the county prosecutor's office, garnered 80,135. The role has been vacant since January when then-Sheriff Richard Berdnik died by suicide in the bathroom of a Clifton restaurant. Adamo’s career reflects his dedication and steady rise within law enforcement. Starting as a corrections officer with the Passai…
NJ Woman Sneaks 26 Pounds Of Pot Disguised As Christmas Gifts Into Virgin Islands: Feds NJ Woman Sneaks 26 Pounds Of Pot Disguised As Christmas Gifts Into Virgin Islands: Feds
NJ Woman Sneaks 26 Pounds Of Pot Disguised As Christmas Gifts Into Virgin Islands: Feds A New Jersey woman is facing federal charges for trying to smuggle more than 26 pounds of marijuana disguised as Christmas gifts into the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said. Ceestra Burgess, 23, of Irvington, had arrived at the Henry Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix on a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale when, during a luggage inspection, a Customs and Border Protection canine alerted to the presence of drugs in Burgess’ checked bag, according to a release from the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Virgin Islands. The luggage was then placed on the baggage claim carous…
Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors
Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors A Monmouth County woman was under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a young girl last month, authorities said. Samantha Bonora, 31, of Howell, was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, in the Jan. 13 collision that killed Kylie Williams, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday, Feb. 2. Bonora was also charged with driving under the influence and several motor vehicle summonses. Howell police responded to a crash on Route 34 near the Colts Neck border at around 4:41 p.m.…
North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (VIDEO) North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (VIDEO)
North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (Video) K-9 Ryker does it again. The 6-year-old German Shepherd who works in narcotics and criminal apprehension with the Maywood Police Department, delivered special news to his handler and family this weekend (scroll for video). Maywood Police Sgt. Chris Nichols, his fiancé Julia Perry, and 7-year-old son Landon gathered in the backyard of their North Jersey home where a friend had placed training drugs under one of the four boxes — two pink and two blue. Then, they watched as Ryker led Sgt. Nichols around the boxes. In seconds, Ryker scratched a box. A pink one. It's a girl!  "Dogs are a hug…
Bad Parking Job Leads Officers To 1,800 Ecstasy Pills, Cocaine On NY Man In NJ: Cops Bad Parking Job Leads Officers To 1,800 Ecstasy Pills, Cocaine On NY Man In NJ: Cops
Bad Parking Job Leads Officers To 1,800 Ecstasy Pills, Cocaine On NY Man In NJ: Cops A 29-year-old New York resident was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 14 in Secaucus after a police dog sniffed out large quantities of ecstasy and cocaine on him, authorities said. At 8:23 p.m., police saw Noah Gregg improperly park his 2009 Acura TL, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The license plate affixed to his vehicle was not on file, Miller said. Gregg denied any knowledge of the vehicle despite being observed exiting it by police, Miller said. Police were suspicious and summoned Brix, the Secaucus Police K-9 to the scene, Miller said. Brix sniffed out that narcotics were in the ve…
Kidnappers Owed Drug Money Kept Victim Tied In U-Haul For Hours In NJ: Police Kidnappers Owed Drug Money Kept Victim Tied In U-Haul For Hours In NJ: Police
Kidnappers Owed Drug Money Kept Victim Tied In U-Haul For Hours In NJ: Police A woman was arrested for kidnapping and two suspects remain at-large as Secaucus police continue their investigation into the sale of narcotics at motels in the town, authorities said.  Police found one member of an illicit drug distribution ring was kidnapped at knifepoint in Jersey City in June 2023, since he owed Erica Festino, another member of the drug ring, money, police said. The victim was bound and driven around Hudson County in the back of a U-Haul truck for hours and robbed of cash and personal items, police said. He was eventually released, police said.  Festino was ar…
Dealer, Deadbeat Dad, Child-Abusing Caretaker Busted In Raid: Passaic Sheriff Dealer, Deadbeat Dad, Child-Abusing Caretaker Busted In Raid: Passaic Sheriff
Dealer, Deadbeat Dad, Child-Abusing Caretaker Busted In Raid: Passaic Sheriff A dealer, a caretaker accused of child endangerment and a deadbeat dad all living in the same multi-family Paterson home were busted during a raid by Passaic County sheriff's officers, authorities said. Narcotics detectives targeted Shawn E. Nero, 50, who they said was selling heroin and crack from the Harrison Street home between Carroll Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard. Assisted by members of the sheriff's Warrant Squad, Mounted Division and ERT, they waited until Nero left the area, then stopped his car and arrested him on Thursday, Oct. 26, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. …
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale Two men were busted by Passaic County sheriff's detectives with a variety of street and prescription drugs for sale following complaints from neighborhood residents and business owners, authorities said. The Bureau of Narcotics investigators watched as Darrel Battle, 50, and Corrie Brown, 27, slung drugs from a black Hyundai sedan outside Battle's Main Street apartment Thursday, Aug. 24, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnick said. The detectives arrested Battle and Brown, searched both, then searched the car, the sheriff said. Berdnik said they found: 120 heroin folds; 68 Xanax pills; …
Paterson Man, 63, Busted For Dealing Coke Paterson Man, 63, Busted For Dealing Coke
Paterson Man, 63, Busted For Dealing Coke A 63-year-old Paterson man was caught selling cocaine from a local bar, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Detectives from the sheriff's Bureau of Narcotics conducted simultaneous searches of the vehicle and Keen Street basement apartment of Julio C. Arista, as well as of Quilvio's Bar & Liquors on Main Street, on Thursday, Aug. 3, Berdnik said. They were assisted by members of the sheriff's Fugitive Warrant Squad, patrol officers and the K-9 unit, he said. They seized over half an ounce of cocaine -- worth about a thousand dollars on the stree -- and $637 in alleged proceeds…
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup Passaic County sheriff's detectives working a drug case found a North Jersey man driving a pickup truck stolen out of St. Louis, authorities said. Bureau of Narcotics members stopped the super-duty 2020 Ford F-350 in Wayne and discovered that a bogus VIN number had replaced the original to make the truck appear legit, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They arrested the driver, Beau Richard Gunset, 28, of Oak Ridge and charged him with receiving stolen property and having possession of a vehicle with altered/fictitious parts, the sheriff said. Gunset was released pending court…
New Milford Resident Among Purported Trinitarios Members Seized In Massive NYC Drug Takedown New Milford Resident Among Purported Trinitarios Members Seized In Massive NYC Drug Takedown
New Milford Resident Among Purported Trinitarios Members Seized In Massive NYC Drug Takedown A New Milford resident was one of more than a dozen purported Triniarious gang members arrested in a lightning-strike series of raids on both sides of the Hudson River, authorities confirmed. Fentanyl and an unspecified amount of illegal proceeds were seized during the New Milford raid around 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, a source close to the takedown told Daily Voice. Meanwhile, in New York City, 10 accused members of the Washington Heights faction of the Trinitarios were nabbed as part of the operation, led by members of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations New York office and including t…
SEEN HIM? Accused Narcotics Dealer ‘Nitty Gritz’ Wanted By Morris County Sheriff SEEN HIM? Accused Narcotics Dealer ‘Nitty Gritz’ Wanted By Morris County Sheriff
Seen HIM? Accused Narcotics Dealer ‘Nitty Gritz’ Wanted By Morris County Sheriff Seen him? Authorities in Morris County are seeking the public’s help tracking down an accused narcotics dealer known as “Nitty Gritz.” The Morris County Sheriff’s Office CrimeStoppers has issued an arrest warrant for Tyson McCoy — aka “Nitty Gritz” — with charges for first-degree possession with intent/distribution of narcotics, the department said in a release on Monday, Oct. 17. McCoy, pictured above, is 41 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs about 180 pounds, police said. He also has several tattoos, including one depicting barbed wire on his forehead, authorities said. McCoy is …
US Marshals Round Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In NJ, Philly 'Rodeo' US Marshals Round Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In NJ, Philly 'Rodeo'
US Marshals Round Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In NJ, Philly 'Rodeo' A major sweep of fugitives including suspected gang members led to 65 arrests including high-profile cases in South Jersey and Philadelphia. These fugitives were wanted out of Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, and Camden counties, as well as other states but were located in these four counties. During "Operation Rodeo" the District of New Jersey and the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force used its multi-jurisdictional investigative authority and fugitive task force network to arrest fugitives wanted on charges including homicide, sex assault, aggravated assault, robbery, carjackin…
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor The owner of a gas station in Virginia was busted with more than $175,000 of suspicious cash after narcotics detectives from the Bergen County prosecutor's office stopped him, authorities said. Sumit Balmukund Pandya, 50, of Richmond was charged with money laundering and sent to the Bergen County Jail following the traffic stop in Ridgefield Park. A judge ordered him released, with conditions, less than 24 hours later, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his investigators zeroed in on Pandya, who was “transporting bulk U.S. currency through Bergen County” in a Honda m…
Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids Across US, Federal Officials Say Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids Across US, Federal Officials Say
Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids Across US, Federal Officials Say New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap was among six men charged with running an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring out of Long Island, authorities announced Friday. The rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was arrested Thursday by FBI agents at Citi Field. An indictment was unsealed in Central Islip federal court Friday, Oct. 29, charging six men with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including five of them also charged for using weapons in connection to drug trafficking. The six men distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fe…
Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted
Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted Continuing a “supply and demand” disruption strategy, Paterson detectives busted three dealers and three middle-aged buyers while seizing more than 1,000 heroin folds, authorities said. Surveillance of the notorious corner at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Fair Street led to the arrests of Tameer Jones, 35, of Paterson and Crystal Kim, 33, of Little Ferry on dealing charges, among other offenses, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives seized 568 heroin folds, nine bags of crack and $455 in proceeds, Speziale said. They also arrested a trio of buyers, all from Paterson – two men, …
Hudson Prosecutor: Youngsters Home During Drug Bust That Net 3 Kilos Of Coke, Fentanyl Hudson Prosecutor: Youngsters Home During Drug Bust That Net 3 Kilos Of Coke, Fentanyl
Hudson Prosecutor: Youngsters Home During Drug Bust That Net 3 Kilos Of Coke, Fentanyl More than 6.6 pounds of cocaine and 95 fentanyl pills were seized from a Hudson County trio, authorities said. The arrest comes after a month-long investigation and execution of a search warrant at 11A Willow Street and 20 W. 49th Street in Bayonne on June 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Minor children were present in both homes at the time the search warrants were executed, just before 1 a.m., Suarez said. The following Bayonne residents are facing charges: Edwin Roman, 36, was charged with two counts of Distribution of CDS in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5; two coun…
DRUG BUST: NJ Pair Had Over 800 Heroin, Crack Cocaine Bags, Suboxone In Traffic Stop, Cops Say DRUG BUST: NJ Pair Had Over 800 Heroin, Crack Cocaine Bags, Suboxone In Traffic Stop, Cops Say
Drug Bust: NJ Pair Had Over 800 Heroin, Crack Cocaine Bags, Suboxone In Traffic Stop, Cops Say Police found hundreds of bags of heroin and crack cocaine after stopping a couple in Warren County earlier this month, authorities said. Vincent Noel, 55, and Colleen Coghlan, 33, were pulled over for several violations on Feb. 16, Phillipsburg Police said. A subsequent search of the vehicle turned up 700 bags of heroin and 129 bags of crack cocaine, as well as a quantity of Suboxone and various paraphernalia, police said. Noel, of Phillipsburg, and Coghlan, of Washington, were arrested and charged with several narcotics offenses.
DRUG RAID: 306 Oxy Pills, 20 Bags Of Cocaine Seized From Hackensack Home, Police Say DRUG RAID: 306 Oxy Pills, 20 Bags Of Cocaine Seized From Hackensack Home, Police Say
Drug Raid: 306 Oxy Pills, 20 Bags Of Cocaine Seized From Hackensack Home, Police Say Authorities seized 306 oxycodone pills, 20 bags of cocaine, marijuana and $1,540 in proceeds from drug sales during a raid of a Hackensack man's home located just steps away from a preschool and park, police said. Delano Guerra, 44, had been dealing out of his Reilly Court home -- a residential neighborhood comprised of mostly one- and two-family homes, and garden apartments near the Early Childhood Development School and Columbus Park, Hackensack Police Det. Capt. Darrin Dewitt said. Thanks to the work of Narcotics Detective Rueven Lyak, police executed a search warrant of G…
Speeding Staten Island Man Found With Pounds Of Pot In Back-To-Back Hudson County Arrests Speeding Staten Island Man Found With Pounds Of Pot In Back-To-Back Hudson County Arrests
Speeding Staten Island Man Found With Pounds Of Pot In Back-To-Back Hudson County Arrests A Staten Island man was found with several pounds of marijuana during a Bayonne traffic stop and hit with a slew of narcotics charges for the second time in two weeks, authorities said. Walter A. Harris, 34, was pulled over for speeding near 30th Street and Kennedy Boulevard around 11:20 p.m. Monday, Bayonne Police Captain Eric R. Amato said. A search of his vehicle turned up 2.8 pounds of pot, police said. Harris was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school and other offenses. On Jan. 13, Harris was charged with se…
Hackensack PD Raids Apartment, Seizes 461 Heroin Folds, Oxy, Cash, Ex-Con Hackensack PD Raids Apartment, Seizes 461 Heroin Folds, Oxy, Cash, Ex-Con
Hackensack PD Raids Apartment, Seizes 461 Heroin Folds, Oxy, Cash, Ex-Con Hackensack police raided an ex-con’s apartment Friday and seized 461 heroin folds, 82 Oxycodone pills, pot and $1,170 in drug proceeds, authorities said.  Cyrus Maurice Hammond, 27, had been dealing in the neighborhood of mid-rise and garden apartment buildings near Hackensack High School and Carver Park, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Records show that the unemployed Hammond already had a history of drug-related arrests and convictions in Hackensack and Englewood. Thanks to the work of Narcotics Detective Nart Marza, police raided the Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Avenue, turned up …
Sussex County Raid Turns Up 120 Bags Of Heroin, Cocaine, $9.2K In Cash Sussex County Raid Turns Up 120 Bags Of Heroin, Cocaine, $9.2K In Cash
Sussex County Raid Turns Up 120 Bags Of Heroin, Cocaine, $9.2K In Cash A search warrant at a Newton home turned up nearly 120 bags of heroin, two grams of crack cocaine and $9,246 in cash, authorities said. Nonie Toler of Halsted Street was arrested shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, after police seized the drugs and money executing a search warrant, local police said. Toler,  who police say had been the subject of several recent complaints regarding narcotics distribution in the area, was being held in the Morris County Jail on several drug charges. Newton Police and Sussex County Narcotics Task Force were assisted in the two-week investigation by the Fran…
Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two
Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two Paterson detectives responding to neighborhood complaints busted two 18-year-old dealers with 91 heroin folds, 17 vials of crack and two ounces of pot, authorities said. Narcotics investigators watched a drug deal go down in broad daylight on Sherman Avenue near Union Avenue before moving in on the seller, Ismael Leon, and his lookout, Anthony Hernandez, neither of whom lives on the block, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. In addition to the drugs, they seized $275 in suspected proceeds, Speziale said. They charged Leon and Hernandez with various drug counts and released them pen…
Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized
Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized Paterson police seized 480 heroin folds, 121 crack vials and more than $7,600 cash while arresting a registered sex offender who recently served five years in state prison on a gun conviction. Narcotics detectives raided the 12th Avenue apartment on Wednesday after watching Jaquan Housey sell drugs, City Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested Housey, 31, and Jason West, 42, of Lawrence Street, who they said bought dozens of crack vials from him with the intention of reselling them. Housey was released from state prison this past October after serving five years of a seven-year …
Cold Case Unit Cracks 1985 Killing Of Man Dumped In Meadowlands Cold Case Unit Cracks 1985 Killing Of Man Dumped In Meadowlands
Cold Case Unit Cracks 1985 Killing Of Man Dumped In Meadowlands Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, State Police and the NYPD cracked a 35-year-old cold-case murder with the arrest of a Manhattan man accused of killing a Venezuelan national. David Garrido, 66, is charged with murder in the June 1985 slaying of 27-year-old Ricardo Brown, whose body was found dumped in the marshes in the Meadowlands. Brown had been shot in the head and strangled, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. His body had been “wrapped in sheets of plastic inside a wicker steamer trunk stuffed into a storage trunk,” the prosecutor said. It was f…
Philly Man Found With $115K In Fort Lee Charged With Money Laundering: BCPO Philly Man Found With $115K In Fort Lee Charged With Money Laundering: BCPO
Philly Man Found With $115K In Fort Lee Charged With Money Laundering: Bcpo A Philadelphia man faces a money laundering charge in connection with a narcotics investigation after his arrest in Fort Lee Tuesday, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.  Eduardo Suarez-Couvertier, 26, was pulled over by members of the prosecutor's Narcotics Task Force while behind the wheel of a green, 2007 Honda Pilot. Investigators found more than $115,000 in cash inside a specially installed, electronically controlled compartment, the prosecutor's office said.  Suarez-Couvertier was released pending an initial court appearance. 
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Investigators arrested a Fairview couple who they said were producing heroin for sale at a home up the street from an elementary school. Jose R. Ulloa, 30, and Stephanie Picinich, 28, were charged with narcotics drug counts, including maintaining or operating a drug-production facility. The investigation leading to Wednesday's warranted raid on the Day Avenue ranch house near Lincoln Elementary School -- and a block from the borough Board of Education building -- began last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge the next day ordered both Ulloa and Picinich released with…
Newark Drug Boss Who Market-Tested His Product Gets 15-Year Sentence Newark Drug Boss Who Market-Tested His Product Gets 15-Year Sentence
Newark Drug Boss Who Market-Tested His Product Gets 15-Year Sentence The head of a Newark-based drug distribution network was sentenced to 180 months in prison on narcotics and weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey announced Monday.  Ahmad "OC" Johnson, a 38-year-old Newark resident, sold drugs throughout the city and the surrounding area for nearly a year beginning in September 2016.  Law enforcement used surveillance of phone calls and texts as well as confidential informants and drug buys to determine that Johnson headed up a drug-dealing enterprise that acquired heroin and cocaine wholesale, then packaged and sold the drugs to users…
Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun
Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun Paterson police arrested several dealers and buyers throughout the city over a 10-day span, seizing more than 800 heroin folds, 75 vials and 10 bags of crack, $1,660 in cash, and an illegal handgun and ammo, authorities said Thursday. In one strike, narcotics detectives hit a notorious drug neighborhood -- Godwin Avenue and Auburn Street -- arresting several accused street dealers and buyers while seizing 155 heroin folds, along with 66 vials and four bags of crack, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Among those arrested were alleged dealers Derrick McGill, 39, of Paterson and Timothy Bow…
Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers
Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers A quiet neighborhood betrayed what Paterson police said a city couple packaging various forms of THC for sale might have mistaken as proctective cover for their operation. Narcotics detectives got a tip pointing to the tiny home on Garrison Street, just off Broadway, which city Police Director Jerry Speziale said “doesn’t have a lot of vehicle or pedestrian traffic” – ordinarily, anyway. Investigators kept watch and were soon led across town to another home, this one in the 800 block of 22nd Street. An evening raid there Tuesday turned up dozens of THC vape cartridges, jars of edibles and …