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Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years
Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years A drug kingpin who headed a network that slung fentanyl and meth in South Jersey and the suburbs of Philadelphia while he hid from his pursuers was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 18 years in federal prison. Glenn Long, 29, of Philadelphia, must serve just about all of the time he received in U.S. District Court in Camden on Jan. 4 because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Long – known on the street as “Bless” and “Max” – ran the operation as a fugitive for three years while under a federal indictment for major drug trafficking out of Philadelphia. A second drug conspi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey To NY Journey Ends With 250 Pounds Of Coke Seized, Pair In Federal Custody South Jersey To NY Journey Ends With 250 Pounds Of Coke Seized, Pair In Federal Custody
South Jersey To NY Journey Ends With 250 Pounds Of Coke Seized, Pair In Federal Custody Federal agents followed a tractor-trailer loaded with nearly 250 pounds of cocaine for more than 75 miles from South Jersey to New York before busting the driver and a co-conspirator in Yonkers, authorities said. They were right behind when Eddie Velez-Pena, 33, of Yonkers, stopped the tractor-trailer in the Hunterdon County town of Hampton, NJ, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. They then followed him and the rig north to the border of Yonkers and the Bronx, the U.S. attorney said. There Velez-Pena transferred multiple duffle bags to Robin Medina-Fabian, 38, of the Bro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Philly Fugitive On US Marshals 'Top 10' List Captured After NJ Standoff: Report Philly Fugitive On US Marshals 'Top 10' List Captured After NJ Standoff: Report
Philly Fugitive On US Marshals 'Top 10' List Captured After NJ Standoff: Report One of the US Marshals' "10 Most Wanted Homicide Fugitives" in Eastern Pennsylvania has been captured in South Jersey, NJ Advance Media reported. Ramonte Foster, 18, of Philadelphia, was arrested Tuesday, May 17 when a Salem City police officer spotted him outside a home on Morrison Avenue at about 7:30 p.m., the outlet said. Foster briefly barricaded himself in a house, then fled into an alley before his capture, the outlet said. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media.

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by Jon Craig
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NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Could Be Visible From PA, NJ NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Could Be Visible From PA, NJ
NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Could Be Visible From PA, NJ An upcoming rocket launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility may be visible across the region. The launch is scheduled for 5:56 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Weather-permitting, the launch may be visible across much of Greater Philly and North and Central Jersey 90-120 seconds after launch. Residents in South Jersey and the southeastern most part of Pennsylvania could see the rocket between 60 and 90 seconds after launch. This will be Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Spac…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says
Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says A 41-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged with causing the death of a South Jersey man who died of a heroin/fentanyl drug overdose, authorities said. Robert Quintua, of the 2500 block of Lefevre Street, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-Induced death, according to  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener . Raymond Stutzer III, 44, of Marlton fatally overdosed last year in a Mount Laurel hotel, Coffina and Riedener said. Quintua was taken into custody in January, and extradited on…

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by Jon Craig