Bergen NJ Turnpike Stop: Kilo Of Coke Found In Secret Compartments, South Jersey Pair Busted
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives found not one but two electronically-operated compartments holding more than two pounds of cocaine when they stopped two South Jersey men on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said.
They arrested the driver, identified as Pedro A. Luciano, 32, of Willingboro and Paul Harris, 35, of Camden, both unemployed, following Wednesday’s southbound Route 95 stop in Carlstadt near MetLife Stadium, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Luciano and Harris were charged with possession with the intent to sell a kilo of cocaine.
The Narcotics Task Force detectives se…
Mercer County Men Busted With Brick Of Heroin, Hollow Point Bullets, Rifle
A pair of Mercer County men were found with a brick of heroin, rifle, hollow point bullets and marijuana, authorities said.
State Police obtained arrest warrants for Tyshiek Shaw, 30, of Trenton, and Colin Blake, 26, of Hamilton, who had been selling drugs near Boudinot Street, NJSP said.
Detectives from several agencies executed the warrants at a Boudinot Street home, where they seized the heroin, and later arrested Blake in Hamilton Township, State Police said.
Authorities also seized a Riley Defense 7.62 caliber rifle, hollow point ammunition, and five grams of marijuana, police sa…
Fried Electric Wires Lead To Weed Worth $3 Million In Western Mass
Thousands of marijuana plants worth millions of dollars were discovered in Savoy after a power company went out to fix an electrical issue in the area.
As the Eversource employees tried to gain access to the Jackson Road property, a man allegedly stuffed an envelope full of $100 bills into one of the employee’s pockets and shooed them away, police said.
Yebin Mai, 28, of Staten Island, New York; and Bin Huang, 32, of Brooklyn, New York, were arrested on probable cause related to the large-scale marijuana grow operation, police said.
The weed police found at the Savoy grow house has a stree…
Five Nabbed With Heroin, Guns During Newburgh Bust
A months-long investigation into the sale of narcotics in the Liberty Street area of the City of Newburgh has led to the arrest of five people and the seizure of a large amount of heroin, handguns, and cocaine.
Abimael Bruno, 37; Samir Lantigua, 25; Alex Santos-Martinez, 29; Micaela Sanabria, 34, and Christine Guzman, 26, of all of the City of New Newburgh, were arrested on Thursday, May 16, following a search the basement and second-floor apartments at 508 Liberty St., said City of Newburgh Police Det. Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano.
The search by members of the police department,…
Woman Caught With Drugs In I-95 Stop Had Active Warrant From Prostitution Arrest, Police Say
A woman already on probation for a prostitution arrest was busted by police with heroin and crack cocaine during a traffic stop on I-95.
Officers from the Milford Police Department stopped a vehicle on the interstate between exits 36 and 37 shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, for an equipment violation.
During the traffic stop, police said that Waterbury resident Brandy Milone, who was a passenger in the car, provided officers with a false name, Paula Johnston. Milone was also found to be in possession of crack cocaine, heroin, glass smoking pipes, hypodermic needles and a taser.
Polic…
Mugshot: Repeat Offender Flips Bird After Trashing South Hackensack Motel Room
He’d just ripped a TV from the wall and destroyed a telephone at a South Hackensack motel, but Timothy Carriel wasn’t done yet: Positioned for his mugshot, he gave police the finger.
It wasn't anything new for Carriel, who's been arrested no fewer than four times in the past six months. Once of those times he refused to submit to fingerprinting, records show.
Carriel, 19, of Hackensack, fought and threatened the officers who responded to the Knights Motel during the rampage, Capt. Robert Kaiser said.
After they subdued him, they found the 6-foot, 141-pound Carriel carrying 15 Xanax bars an…
Man Caught With Heroin, Crack, Cocaine In Foot Chase On Main Street In Danbury
A man who jumped through a window, sending glass flying, and running from police, was nabbed with drugs following a foot chase.
Jose A. Ramos, 31, of Hartford, was arrested on numerous charged Friday around 7:30 p.m., Friday, by Danbury Police, said the Danbury Police Department.
The incident began around 7:10 p.m. when Danbury officers were conducting an investigation on Spring Street regarding a violent crime that occurred earlier in the week. While detectives were attempting to speak with people inside a residence, Ramos jumped out the window and ran away from detectives, police said.
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