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Trafficker Who Mailed Hundreds Of Pounds Of Coke From PR To South Jersey, Philly Gets 10 Years Trafficker Who Mailed Hundreds Of Pounds Of Coke From PR To South Jersey, Philly Gets 10 Years
Trafficker Who Mailed Hundreds Of Pounds Of Coke From PR To South Jersey, Philly Gets 10 Years 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A manager of a crew that purchased hundreds of pounds of cocaine in Puerto Rico that they shipped to South Jersey and Philadelphia via overnight mail was sentenced to a plea-bargained 10 years in federal prison. Philly resident Jose Gonzalez, 51, and his co-conspirators flew to San Juan on dozens of commercial flights from Philadelphia International Airport, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Phillip Sellinger said. They paid cash there for multi-kilo quantities of coke, then used overnight delivery from U.S. Post Office branches in San Juan to ship it to various addresses in Philade…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Grammie' Trafficked Cocaine, Guns Through PA Restaurants: USDOJ 'Grammie' Trafficked Cocaine, Guns Through PA Restaurants: USDOJ
'Grammie' Trafficked Cocaine, Guns Through PA Restaurants: Usdoj A woman who wanted to be everyone's "gram" or "grammie" will be old enough to be one by the time she gets out of prison.  Nyree Letterlough, aka Gram, 51, of Harrisburg, has learned her fate after she was convicted for cocaine and drug trafficking through two city restaurants she owned or had interests in, according to a release but the  United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 30.  Letterlough had previously been convicted of "drug trafficking, possessing a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a stolen gu…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Philly Men Caught Trafficking More Than 1.5 Pounds Of Cocaine, PCP To Mercer County: Prosecutor Philly Men Caught Trafficking More Than 1.5 Pounds Of Cocaine, PCP To Mercer County: Prosecutor
Philly Men Caught Trafficking More Than 1.5 Pounds Of Cocaine, PCP To Mercer County: Prosecutor Two Philadelphia men were charged after they were caught trafficking more than a pound and a half of cocaine and PCP to Mercer County, authorities announced. Philadelphia residents Jorge Mercado-Torres, 28, and Christopher Seabrook, 47, were taken into custody Monday and charged with first-degree narcotics offenses and second-degree weapons offenses, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Detectives with the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force learned that Seabrook would be taking a large quantity of the drugs from Philadelphia to Trenton, Onofri said. Follow-up surveillance f…

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by Valerie Musson
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Two Berks County Men Arrested For Suspected Cocaine Trafficking In Reading Two Berks County Men Arrested For Suspected Cocaine Trafficking In Reading
Two Berks County Men Arrested For Suspected Cocaine Trafficking In Reading Two Berks County men were arrested on suspicions they were tied to cocaine trafficking in Reading, authorities said. In April 2021, the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force initiated an investigation in the 200 block of 6th Street, according to Chief County Detective Michael Gombar. Detectives allege that Kevin L. Stuckey, 40, made cocaine transactions with customers in and around the 900 block of N. 5th Street, where he also lives, authorities said. Nicholas M. Padron, 33, also of Reading, allegedly made cocaine transactions with customers around the 1000 block of N. 10th Stre…

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by Nicole Acosta