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1. Firearms/Drug sting nets alleged members of Newark's notorious Grape Street Crips gang
(N.J./State)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A yearlong sting operation into a weapons and cocaine trafficking ring in Newark has resulted in several arrests of men police say are members of the notorious ...

2. Raheem Robertson of Camden gets 9 years in prison on gun charges
(N.J./State)

... revolver in his waistband when he was arrested by detectives on Nov. 14, 2008. The gun had been reported stolen. Robertson had been convicted of distribution of cocaine in a school zone in 2002, and under ...

3. 17 arrested in Essex County drug bust
(N.J./State)

... enforcement initiative, members of the VIPER Unit and the Orange Police Department confiscated 143 bags of crack cocaine, three ounces of marijuana, and 50 bags of heroin along with $1,300 in cash. There ...

4. Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA Prostituion Ring
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... Gets them hooked on cocaine, heroine, and prescription drugs, then make them hit the streets to make him money for his flashy lifestyle and upkeep, which includes a Dodge Charger and a network of [Sprint] ...

5. Paterson-based Bloods gang members indicted
(N.J./State)

... Passaic, Essex, Monmouth and Cumberland counties, but its primary area of operations was Paterson, Dow said. Dow said that in addition to alleged murder conspiracies and distribution of heroin, cocaine ...

6. Marijuana; always the scapegoat
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... like cocaine or meth its because you wanted to not because of weed. Stop blaming this country's lazynesson marijuana. My frind smoked for a long time and she is a very successful business woman. Most people ...

7. Mother of two Melissa Pagan caught trying to flush drugs
(N.J./State)

... back of Officer Zarro's cruiser. As the officer searched the vehicle and Pagan's purse he discovered a small plastic bag containing a substance that appeared to be cocaine in the car and a glass pipe ...

8. What world does Mary Pat live in???
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My God, with the ridiculous and dangerous easy availability in New Jersey of heroin, cocaine, roxocet, oxycontin, xanax, alchohol and tobacco, marijuana is the much less of many evils health wise. New ...

9. Convicted murderer Anthony Alongi gets release for Easter
(N.J./State)

...  Alongi, Kamienski and Marzeno were tried for the 1983 double homicide of the DeTournays after a drug deal went sour. Alongi knew Marzeno, but met Kamienski weeks earlier. All three men smoked cocaine ...

10. Grow
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... what happens that is one of the worst drugs.They should put that right up there with cocaine and heroin as alcohol kills and ruins as many or more lives then both of those combined. That's what should ...

11. Pimp pleads guilty to in major Jersey City prostitution ring
(N.J./State)

A Jersey City man pleaded guilty Thursday to running a major human trafficking and prostitution ring in which women were induced to use heroin and cocaine and were beaten if they did not turn a daily quota ...

12. Joshua Soldano and Brian Leaman arrested in West Caldwell drug bust
(N.J./State)

... resulted in the seizure of approximately 40 packages of heroin, 18 grams of cocaine and 8 bottles of anabolic steroids. It is also alleged that Soldano had 29 hypodermic syringes in his possession. Detectives ...

13. $1 million a week drug dealer Vicente Esteves of Manalapan pleads guilty
(N.J./State)

... and money laundering organization that funneled as much as 1,000 kilos of cocaine a week into New Jersey and other states from countries, including Colombia and Mexico using two corporations Esteves owned ...

14. Dwight Gooden charged with DUI in New Jersey
(Sports/Professional)

... court. He was also charged with reckless driving and child endangerment. The pitcher, who retired in 2001, has had problems with alcohol and cocaine in the past. A Rookie of the Year in 1984, Gooden ...

15. Todd Bridges of ‘Diff'rent Strokes’ shares his pain and story of drug addiction
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to crystal meth and cocaine. "I hated myself," said the 44-year-old Bridges. "I hated the way I looked in the mirror. Bridges' autobiography is "Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets ...

16. The Truth
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... so we are clear, I do not hold marijauna on any level or tier close to real drugs...drugs that can kill you like cocaine or heroin. Weigh the pros and cons Joey, just like you might have done in school. ...

17. Felon Raheem Robertson of Camden guilty of illegal possession of a gun
(N.J./State)

... .357 Magnum revolver in his waistband when he was arrested by detectives on Nov. 14, 2008. The gun had been reported stolen. Robertson had been convicted of distribution of cocaine in a school zone in ...

18. Camden’s Jose Olavarria, Willie Taylor sentenced for cocaine distribution
(N.J./State)

Two Camden men were sentenced to prison Friday on cocaine charges as a result of an investigation by the State Police that led to the seizure of more than two kilograms of the drug. Jose Olavarria, 36, ...

19. Evidence that al-Qaeda is funding terror operations with drugs
(U.S./Nation)

... agreed to transport as much as 1,000 kilos of cocaine. Allegedly, the drugs were earmarked for western European countries and the United States. The cocaine interdiction and arrests occurred along ...

20. Seven indicted in cocaine ring run out of Long Branch body shop
(N.J./State)

Seven men have been indicted as alleged members of a drug ring that distributed large amounts of cocaine in Long Branch, state Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced Wednesday. Charged ...