Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Role in Large-Scale Heroin Trafficking Ring Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Role in Large-Scale Heroin Trafficking Ring
Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Role in Large-Scale Heroin Trafficking Ring A key member of a trafficking ring was sentenced to five years for his role in transporting and distributing at least 30 kilograms of heroin inside motorcycles equipped with secret compartments to Fairfield County from Mexico over a period of two years, according to the U.S. Attorney General for the District of Connecticut.  Randy Marchi who formerly lived in Bridgeport, 39, served as the "table manager" for a Bridgeport-based trafficking organization, headed by Ivan "Ghost" Rosario, that orchestrated shipments of heroin from Mexico and distributed the drug once it arrived in Connecticu…
Couple Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Couple Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner
Couple Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner A 39-year-old Pennsylvania man was in critical condition and a 60-year-old Paterson woman injured after a Wednesday morning shooting near one of the Silk City’s deadliest drug corners. Police found the victims at the crime-ridden Carroll Street apartments near Governor Street around 9 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint statement. The man had been struck three times, responders said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson and were expected to live, Valdes and Baycora said. They didn’t say …
MANHUNT: Police Capture Essex Murder Suspect From North Carolina On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel MANHUNT: Police Capture Essex Murder Suspect From North Carolina On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel
Manhunt: Police Capture Essex Murder Suspect From North Carolina On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel An ex-con from North Carolina wanted in an Essex County homicide was captured on the roof of a Route 46 hotel in Wayne before dawn Tuesday, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The search began after Derrick Anthony Younger, 28, ran from a Route 46 traffic stop near Route 23 around midnight. Wayne Police Officer Wayne Bush, who stopped Younger, chased him on foot to the Ramada Inn. A Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT unit was summoned in case of a possible standoff. Although authorities believed Younger was in Room 228, he'd actually gone to the roof. After a SWAT robot found t…
Newark Ex-Con Caught With 3,151 Heroin Folds, 455 Crack Vials, Gun Must Do 7½ Years In Fed Pen Newark Ex-Con Caught With 3,151 Heroin Folds, 455 Crack Vials, Gun Must Do 7½ Years In Fed Pen
Newark Ex-Con Caught With 3,151 Heroin Folds, 455 Crack Vials, Gun Must Do 7½ Years In Fed Pen An ex-con from Newark must spend the next 7½ years in federal prison after city police caught him with 3,151 heroin folds, 455 crack vials and a loaded gun. Terrance Bradley, 28, must serve the entire plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Newark police were watching as Bradley sold drugs near a Renner Avenue residence on Dec. 6, 2018, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Armed with a search warrant, they raided the home the next day and found the drugs, a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol and $6,000 in suspected proceeds in Bradley’s bedroom, Carpeni…
Brick PD: Auto Theft Suspects From Atlantic City, Newark Nabbed Brick PD: Auto Theft Suspects From Atlantic City, Newark Nabbed
Brick PD: Auto Theft Suspects From Atlantic City, Newark Nabbed A pair of suspected car thieves were arrested at a Brick Plaza Auto Zone, authorities said.  The suspects, pulled over in a stolen BMW and stolen Jeep Cherokee, also were charged with multiple drug and weapon violations, Brick Township police said.  Arrested were Romario Sharrier, 25, of Newark and Oscar Euceda, 18, of Atlantic City, police said. Brick police said they observed the men talking to one another about 11:30 p.m. on Friday in a local Auto Zone parking lot before speeding off. The Jeep Cherokee had a headlight and taillight out and was pulled over in a 7-11 parking lot…
Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns
Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson police struck back against drug-related crime in the Silk City, seizing 16,163 heroin folds, 106 bags of cocaine and crack, hundreds of illegal prescription pills and two guns over a three-night stretch. The big haul was Tuesday’s heroin seizure. “Clearly, this was a major operation put out of business," city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. It was run from a fortified, first-floor apartment on East 18th Street, where detectives seized 10,150 heroin folds after watching residents Jeramy Lozano, 27, and Deserie Silva, 25, sell 6,000 more to James Saunders, 51, of Saylorsburg PA…
Toms River Mob Associate Admits Having Nearly Pound Of Coke, Loaded Gun Toms River Mob Associate Admits Having Nearly Pound Of Coke, Loaded Gun
Toms River Mob Associate Admits Having Nearly Pound Of Coke, Loaded Gun A Jersey Shore associate of the DeCavalcante crime family who was caught with cocaine and a loaded handgun is headed to federal prison for at least five years -- and likely much more, authorities said. Mario Galli III, 28, of Toms River, took a guilty plea Monday, admitting in U.S. District Court in Trenton that he had the gun and drugs when detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office searched his and another home last September. Detectives seized nearly a pound of the drug and a 9mm FEG Model PGK-9HP gun loaded with 12 rounds of ammunition during last fall’s raids, U.S. Attorney C…
Kilo Of Heroin, Pounds Of Pot, Stolen Gun, Pills Discovered In Stratford Bust Kilo Of Heroin, Pounds Of Pot, Stolen Gun, Pills Discovered In Stratford Bust
Kilo Of Heroin, Pounds Of Pot, Stolen Gun, Pills Discovered In Stratford Bust An investigation into drug sales in Fairfield County has led to the arrest of two men and netted the discovery of a kilo of heroin, guns, pounds of pot, and pills. Kevin Tobar, 23, and Jonathan Matos, 28, both of Stratford, were arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 7, by Stratford Police, said Capt. Frank Eannotti. According to Eannotti, the two were arrested on a warrant by the Stratford Narcotics Vice and Intel Unit, with the assistance of the Bridgeport Police Task Force as well as the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. The arrests were the culmination of an investigation conducted by the Stratford Nar…
LI Man Nabbed With Crack Cocaine During Warrant Bust LI Man Nabbed With Crack Cocaine During Warrant Bust
LI Man Nabbed With Crack Cocaine During Warrant Bust A 46-year-old man was nabbed by Southampton Town police during a warrant search for allegedly dealing crack cocaine in the area. Moses Bullock, of Riverside, was arrested on Friday, Sept. 20, when the department's Community Response Unit and Detective Division along with NYS Police K-9 unit, executed a search warrant at Bullock’s Riverside residence, said Det. Lt. James Kiernan. The bust comes following an extensive investigation and turned up a quantity of crack cocaine, marijuana, a drug scale, brass knuckles, and more than $6,700 in cash, Kiernan said. Bullock was charged…
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges A federal grand jury in New Jersey on Thursday indicted the Paterson man accused of shooting baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz on heroin- and cocaine-dealing charges. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 25, also is charged in the indictment returned in Newark with carrying a gun while committing a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Ferreira-Cruz has been imprisoned in the Dominican Republic on attempted murder charges since the June 9 attempt on the former Red Sox superstar's life earlier this month. He's been wanted, as well, for a pair of street robberies in Clifton last year. Ferrei…
POLICE: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs POLICE: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs
Police: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs UPDATE: A missing 82-year-old Hackensack man who became the subject of a statewide Silver Alert was found Friday morning with an ex-con who police said convinced him to drive him to Paterson, among other destinations, over the course of some 18 or so hours. Nathaniel James-Booth -- whose 25-year criminal history includes recent arrests for kidnapping and robbery -- was immediately seized by police who found him in a car driven by John Ingallinera near the corner of Lehigh and Essex streets, said Capt. Darren DeWitt. They charged James-Booth, 42, with illegal possession of Percocet, DeWitt s…
Drug Crackdown: Paterson PD Says Quartet Dealt Heroin, Crack From Multi-Family Home Drug Crackdown: Paterson PD Says Quartet Dealt Heroin, Crack From Multi-Family Home
Drug Crackdown: Paterson PD Says Quartet Dealt Heroin, Crack From Multi-Family Home Paterson police continued an ongoing campaign against drug dealing with a raid that turned up 237 folds of heroin, 15 small bags of crack and more than two and a half pounds of PCP, authorities said. Of the six people arrested during Tuesday’s raid, four live in the Rosa Parks Boulevard multi-family building where Police Director Jerry Speziale said drugs were being sold from a second-floor apartment. They were identified as: Dante Coakieanos, 32; Kiante Izquierdo, 22; Naomi Bailey, 22; Raymond Wright, 30. Police charged the quartet with having and selling the drugs within 1,000 feet of P…