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1. Teron Huggins and Louis Rhodes arrested on drug charges
(N.J./State)

... following a search of the Canal Circle house by the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office gang, gun and narcotics task force. According to authorities, the search resulted in the seizure of cocaine, ...

2. Jermaine Johnson arrested in undercover drug operation in Ramsey
(N.J./State)

... according to authorities. The arrest followed a cooperative investigation by the prosecutor's narcotics task force and Ramsey police. They contend that an undercover detective bought small amounts of ...

3. Joseph Mastriani pleads not guilty to Essex County jail smuggling charges
(N.J./State)

... a nine-year veteran of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, was among 13 people arrested last week in connection with the ring that operated like a call center for contraband from cell phones to narcotics. ...

4. Camden Bloods gang member Juan Vargas going to prison
(N.J./State)

... gang. The other two, Nathaniel Clay, 32, and Hector Archival, 22, both of Camden, previously pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. Anderson is charged with being a leader of a narcotics trafficking ...

5. Jailhouse smuggling ring busted in Essex County
(N.J./State)

... are calling a jailhouse smuggling ring that gave prisoners roaming access to cell phones, narcotics and other contraband. Officials say the alleged ringleader is Essex County Corrections Officer Joseph ...

6. Colombian drug kingpin Alejandro Cleves sentenced to 32 years in N.J. state prison
(N.J./State)

... heroin into the United States annually, was sentenced to 32 years in state prison Friday after he pled guilty charge of 1st Degree leader of a narcotics trafficking network. Cleves, 30, was born in Medellin, ...

7. Earl B. Harris pleads guilty to attempted murder following shootout with police
(N.J./State)

... 2008 conviction in Camden for receiving stolen property and narcotics possession with intent to distribute. – JOE TYRRELL, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

8. 14 Trenton Bloods charged
(N.J./State)

... crime and with numerous narcotics and weapons offenses. Green and Richard "Bandanna" Jenkins, 25, are charged in the June 20, 2005 murder of Otis Jones, 26, who was shot in the head at Brunswick Avenue ...

9. Dr. Magdy Elamir, Jersey City neurologist, indicted for Medicaid fraud, and dispensing drugs
(Health/Healthquest)

Physician, 57, lives in Saddle River A North Jersey neurologist has been indicted for his alleged role in a pharmaceutical narcotics trafficking and Medicaid fraud scam. Dr. Magdy Elamir, 57, of Saddle ...

10. Edward Harmon of Jersey City gets three years for role in prescription pill ring
(N.J./State)

... City, state Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Riza Dagli said. Harmon pleaded guilty on April 23 to second-degree distribution of narcotics. In pleading guilty, Harmon admitted that on Dec. 21, he distributed ...

11. Union County takes over Springfield Police Dept.
(N.J./State)

... Office narcotics unit. A graduate of the 230th Session FBI National Academy and Penn State Police Executive Management Program, Captain Riley also completed the Southern Police Institute Management of ...

12. 40 accused of drug dealing in Newark, smuggling at Northern State Prison
(N.J./State)

... He is charged with first-degree offenses, including leading a narcotics trafficking network, distribution of narcotics, and conspiracy to distribute narcotics. The charge of leading a narcotics trafficking ...

13. N.Y. mob sting: Sixteen organized crime members are charged
(U.S./Nation)

BY JIM KOURI, CPP Sixteen defendants were charged with various counts of kidnapping in aid of a racketeering enterprise, narcotics trafficking, robbery and firearms possession, according to a report ...

14. NewJerseyNewsroom.com’s Mike Scott wins SPJ top honors for editorial cartooning
(N.J./State)

... reporting for their series "Tainted Justice" about the tactics of a police narcotics squad. Their stories led to an FBI investigation and a review of hundreds of criminal cases. The Pulitzer is one of ...

15. Headbustas' Dionicio Adams of Camden and another gang leader plead guilty to murder plot
(N.J./State)

... and Hector Archival, 22, both of Camden, previously pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. Anderson is charged with being a leader of a narcotics trafficking network, a crime that carries a sentence ...

16. Newark’s Jose Colon busted for drugs by Essex VIPER Unit
(N.J./State)

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino Monday announced Jose Colon, 19, of Newark has been arrested on narcotics possession and distribution charges. Detectives from the Prosecutor's VIPER ...

17. Russia says Afghan drug trade threatens world peace
(World/International)

... cultivation and production of opium and opium products such as heroin," he said. "Narcotics have become the important source of financial support for insurgency groups including the Taliban and not only ...

18. Hoboken pharmacist Babak Bamdad pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... Control Unit and the Jersey City police. Since October, more than 32 people, including doctors and pharmacists, have been arrested in the joint investigation, which uncovered a major criminal narcotics ...

19. Eric Warugongo of Clark arrested for possession of oxycodone drug tablets
(N.J./State)

... of Kenya, was distributing narcotics at the Pathmark on Lyons Avenue in Irvington. They seized a 1994 Cadillac and discovered the narcotics. An additional 225 tablets, $2,600 in cash and multiple identification ...

20. Dr. Mario Comesanas of Livingston, six others get prison for roles in major narcotics network
(Health/Healthquest)

Physician sentenced to 15 years, loses medical license Seven people, including a Livingston doctor, have been sentenced to state prison for their roles in a Newark-based narcotics ring that distributed ...