Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking
Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking A Newark ex-con was sentenced to a plea-bargained 20 years in federal prison for a Union County carjacking that turned into a police chase. Hasson Thomas, 30, will have to serve the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Thomas previously admitted taking a vehicle at gunpoint from two people on Chestnut Street in Roselle Park on Aug. 18, 2018 and then leading borough police on a chase that ended in a crash. As a convicted felon, Thomas was prohibited from having a gun, adding on to his sentence. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge John Mi…
Paterson Police Sergeant Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Paterson Police Sergeant Indicted By Federal Grand Jury
Paterson Police Sergeant Indicted By Federal Grand Jury A Paterson police sergeant stole money from a suspect, then lied on reports to protect himself and his department accomplices, an indictment returned Thursday by a federal grand jury in Newark charges. Sgt. Michael Cheff, 49, of Paterson signed off on bogus reports submitted by a group of rogue officers he supervised who routinely violated citizens’ civil rights by stopping and searching them on the street and in vehicles, the indictment says. Cheff “routinely received a portion of these stolen monies from some of these officers and signed off on corresponding false police reports about th…
Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore
Couple Admit Roles In Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into Raritan Bayshore A Pennsylvania man admitted in federal court in Trenton that he participated in a drug ring that trafficked major quantities of heroin and cocaine into the Raritan Bayshore area. Guy Jackson, 47, was the 10th defendant snagged in a federal sweep to plead guilty in exchange for leniency at sentencing. The 11th is his wife, Lashawn Mealing, 48, who admitted trying to destroy evidence in the case. Jackson, of Effort, PA, “regularly obtained large quantities of heroin and cocaine for further distribution from co-defendant Gregory Gillens,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Mealing wa…
Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death
Paterson Gang Takes Another Hit: Feds Charge Member Of ‘230 Boys’ With Overdose Death The dominoes continued to fall for Paterson’s 230 Boys street gang when a reputed member was charged federally with selling the heroin and fentanyl dose that led to a user’s death. A grand jury indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Newark also charges Wyzier Peterson, 22, with two additional sales of heroin and fentanyl, as well as with conspiring to distribute both drugs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled last September by a strike force comprise…
Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail
Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail A now-former Morris County postal worker admitted that she stole $75,000 worth of checks from the mail. Nicole Georges, 30, said she stole the checks from the U.S. Postal Service station in Chester, where she worked. She and two accomplices then deposited the money into various bank accounts and withdrew the money – often that same day or a day later – before the checks were reported stolen, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. George’s guilty plea to mail theft and conspiracy followed previous pleas in U.S. District Court in Newark by her two accomplices, Raheem Haynes-Moore, 25, of Plainf…
Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison,  Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison,  Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes
Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison, Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes A Manahawkin business owner was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for willfully failing to pay over employment taxes, according to authorities. Richard Dale pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2019, authorities said on Thursday.  Dale operated Advanced Pro Home Care Inc., a health care agency located in Brick, according to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan ordered Dale to serve …
Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader
Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader A Jersey City woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in a federal penitentiary for her role in smuggling deadly fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Jasmir Humphrey, 31, and other associates smuggled the drug and other contraband into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg for Noel “Kuko” Salgado, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Salgado was the leader of the “Loyal Hoody Gang,” a subset of the Neighborhood Rolling 20 Bloods, a nationwide street gang, the U.S. attorney said. In one instance, in October 2015, Humphrey picked up heroin and fenatynl from Rodgerick “Boo” Garrett a…
Hudson Company Pays Penalty, Damages For Denying Tour Bus Access To Paraplegic Army Vet Hudson Company Pays Penalty, Damages For Denying Tour Bus Access To Paraplegic Army Vet
Hudson Company Pays Penalty, Damages For Denying Tour Bus Access To Paraplegic Army Vet A Hoboken-based charter bus company that failed to provide access to a 74-year-old paraplegic U.S. Army veteran for a tour of Arlington National Cemetery has agreed to not let that happen again, authorities said. Academy Express will also pay a $10,000 civil penalty to the United States and $10,000 in damages to the aggrieved veteran, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The former 189th Assault Helicopter Company staff sergeant, who was gunned down in Vietnam, wanted to join dozens of fellow combat unit veterans on an Academy charter bus for a multi-day “Honor Flight” tour of Arlington Nati…
Trio From Morris, Passaic Face 10 Years To Life In Fed Pen For 55 Pounds Of Coke Trio From Morris, Passaic Face 10 Years To Life In Fed Pen For 55 Pounds Of Coke
Trio From Morris, Passaic Face 10 Years To Life In Fed Pen For 55 Pounds Of Coke Seizures of 55 pounds of cocaine and more than $700,000 in cash produced guilty pleas from two Morris County men and one from Passaic who admitted their roles in a major North Jersey drug ring. Narcisco Ramirez, 46, of Passaic, Kiuny Perez, 42, of Rockaway Township, and Victor Pimentel, 44, of Parsippany, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to drug conspiracy in exchange for leniency when they’re sentenced later this year. All three are looking at a minimum of 10 years each, all of which must be served because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. The maximum? Li…
Sports TV Engineer From Indiana Indicted In Somerset Child Sex Sting Sports TV Engineer From Indiana Indicted In Somerset Child Sex Sting
Sports TV Engineer From Indiana Indicted In Somerset Child Sex Sting A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a sports television network engineer from Indiana who was one of 19 men snagged in an online sting after authorities said he traveled to Somerset County to meet what he thought was an underage boy for sex. Randal Wise, 43, “sent messages via an online dating application to an individual who told Wise that he was a 14-year-old boy in the eighth grade,” but actually was an undercover agent, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. These included crotch pics, he said. The six-week sting, dubbed "Operation Open Door," was orchestrated last fall by the Some…
FBI Nabs Alleged NJ Accomplice Of Accused Multi-Million-Dollar Blockchain Swindler FBI Nabs Alleged NJ Accomplice Of Accused Multi-Million-Dollar Blockchain Swindler
FBI Nabs Alleged NJ Accomplice Of Accused Multi-Million-Dollar Blockchain Swindler A notorious hedge fund manager who spent four years in prison for a massive scam in Canada adopted a new identity in New York, where he conspired with an Essex County woman in a $30 million blockchain investment scam that cashed in on the crypto tech boom, federal authorities charged. Edith Pardo, 68, of Bloomfield was arrested Friday by the FBI for her alleged role in the scam that U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said was orchestrated by Boaz Manor, 46, of Toronto. A federal grand jury indicted both on wire and securities fraud and conspiracy charges, Carpenito said. Pardo had an initial a…
Southern Gun Runner Who Supplied Newark Buyers Gets 2½ Years In Fed Pen Southern Gun Runner Who Supplied Newark Buyers Gets 2½ Years In Fed Pen
Southern Gun Runner Who Supplied Newark Buyers Gets 2½ Years In Fed Pen A weapons trafficker from South Carolina was sentenced Tuesday in Newark to a plea-bargained 2½ years in federal prison, part of a new Justice Department initiative aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Richard Lowman, 31, was at times accompanied by his uncle, ex-con Reginald Moultrie of Newark, during several meetings with one of the buyers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. In another instance, he sold an assault rifle on a Newark street, Carpenito said. Lowman later sold six firearms in a city home after bringing them to New Jersey from South Carolina, the U.S. attorney said. …