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US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star'
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' More than 1,500 fugitives were captured by US Marshals in a 30-day initiative across several major US cities. The fugitives busted in Operation North Star (ONS) include violent criminals, sex offenders, and self-identified gang members in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., the agency said. Operation North StarUS Marshals Service Operation North Star focused on fugitives wanted for the most serious, violent, and harmful offenses, including homicide, sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine
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Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison
Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison A Hudson County gang leader must spend the next 22 years in a federal penitentiary for trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Noel "Kuko" Salgado, 41, was serving time when he had associates on the outside sneak the drugs into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg (Cumberland County), federal authorities said. One inmate who used the smuggled drugs suffered an overdose and was revived with Narcan after remaining senseless for nearly 20 minutes before having to be hospitalized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Salgado -- who headed the "Loyal Hoody Gang," a l…

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by Jerry DeMarco