Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson PD: Ex-Con In Gangland Murder Of Paterson Girl, 14, Caught With Gun, Drugs Paterson PD: Ex-Con In Gangland Murder Of Paterson Girl, 14, Caught With Gun, Drugs
Paterson PD: Ex-Con In Gangland Murder Of Paterson Girl, 14, Caught With Gun, Drugs A Paterson ex-con who spent more than four years behind bars for driving two gang members to a shootout that killed a popular 14-year-old city girl in the crossfire had a stolen handgun and several rounds of various ammo, along with dozens of bags of heroin for sale, when he was arrested during a raid, authorities said. Tyheem Mayfield, 26, was taken into custody during a raid Friday of both floors of a 12th Avenue multi-family home where he lives, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Mayfield was released from state prison six months ago after serving time for manslaughter in the Sept…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Danbury, CT
Police & Fire
Two Busted Following Complaints Of Drug Dealing In Danbury Two Busted Following Complaints Of Drug Dealing In Danbury
Two Busted Following Complaints Of Drug Dealing In Danbury Two men were arrested on drug charges following the execution of warrants after an investigation into drug sales in Danbury. Ariel “MVP” Perez-Hinojosa, 23, of Danbury was arrested Thursday for a variety of drug-related following the search of his Danbury residence, his phone, and his car, Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. While Perez-Hinojosa was the target of the operation, another man, Nicholas Vito Alosco, 29, of Bethel, was also arrested after he was seen allegedly buying illegal drugs from Perez-Hinojosa.  "The investigation leading to the arrest was wee…

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by Kathy Reakes
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Man Busted For Dealing Drugs At Stamford Restaurant Where He Worked Man Busted For Dealing Drugs At Stamford Restaurant Where He Worked
Man Busted For Dealing Drugs At Stamford Restaurant Where He Worked A Fairfield County man who worked at a popular barbecue restaurant was allegedly busy dealing drugs in the parking lot while at work. Albert Robinson, 57, of Bridgeport, was arrested Tuesday at  Dinosaur Bar-B-Que on Canal Street after officers in the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad spent the day watching him divide his time between working and dealing out of his car in the parking lot, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. The squad set up the surveillance after receiving a tip that he was dealing from the restaurant, Conklin said. The team began watching the restaurant parking …

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by Kathy Reakes
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home
Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home A drug dealer who took off after crashing a Porsche during a police chase in Paterson hid out at his girlfriend’s Elmwood Park apartment before Passaic County sheriff’s tracked him down, authorities said. The detectives tried pulling over 48-year-old James A. Launzinger of Parsippany last Saturday night near the corner of North 7th and Oxford streets following an investigation, but he hit the gas, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The black Porsche crashed near Public School #5, and Launzinger got out and vanished behind Hinchliffe Stadium, Berdnik said. Inside the Porche, the detectives fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car
U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car PATERSON, N.J. – FBI agents on Friday arrested a Paterson police officer who they said dealt heroin, crack and pot to a drug buyer working for the government -- sometimes directly from his patrol cruiser. For several weeks up to his arrest, Ruben McAusland, 26, sold the cooperator heroin made to look like Percoset pills, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. McAusland, who lives in the city and joined the department nearly four years ago, made several other sales to the cooperator beginning last October, Carpenito said. The first involved more than three ounces combined of crack and cocaine …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Police & Fire
Alleged Orange County Heroin, Crack Dealer Busted After Warrant Search Alleged Orange County Heroin, Crack Dealer Busted After Warrant Search
Alleged Orange County Heroin, Crack Dealer Busted After Warrant Search A Town of Deerpark man in Orange County was nabbed following the execution of two "no-knock" warrants following a several-months-long investigation into illegal sales of heroin and crack cocaine. Peter Alvarez, 37, was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell after heroin and cocaine were seized during the raids, police said. According to Port Jervis Police Chief William J. Worden, the search warrants were carried out at 25 West Main St., in Port Jervis and at Alvarez’s home at 29 Bolton Basin Road in Sparrowbush, by the Port Jervis and…

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by Kathy Reakes
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale
Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Two brothers who work in construction were busted after a raid turned up cocaine, pot, and hash oil in their Franklin Lakes home, authorities said Wednesday. John Jimenez Jr., 28, and Justin Jimenez, 25, were released pending first appearances next Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. An investigation that began in January led to Justin Jimenez’s arrest last Wednesday and his brother’s this Wednesday on various drug-related counts after the raid turned up the drugs at their Hidden Glen Court ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco