Three Charged After Drug Raids In Poughkeepsie, Fishkill Three Charged After Drug Raids In Poughkeepsie, Fishkill
Three Charged After Drug Raids In Poughkeepsie, Fishkill Three people were arrested following drug raids in Poughkeepsie and the village of Fishkill by members of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force. The raids went down on Tuesday, April 9, following a lengthy investigation into narcotics sales and activity at Shirley Avenue in Fishkill and the Red Roof Inn in Poughkeepsie, said Frank Tasciotti, assistant coordinator of the Drug Task Force. According to Tasciotti, agents with the task force took Gary Potter, 34, of Fishkill, Brian King Jr., 26, and Erica Alexander, 21, both of Poughkeepsie, into custody on Route 9 in the Town of Po…
Three Nabbed Peddling PCP At Popular Stamford Park Three Nabbed Peddling PCP At Popular Stamford Park
Three Nabbed Peddling PCP At Popular Stamford Park Three men were arrested for allegedly peddling the hallucinogen PCP at a park n Stamford after members of the Narc Squad received a tip of where they would be. Members of the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit received information that the three men would be selling the powerful drug out of the back of a green and silver Chrysler minivan on Thursday, April 4, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. Members of the Narc squad set up on the park on found the van just as it was leaving around 4:25 p.m. and officers pulled the van over on Shippan Ave., Conklin said. Whe…
All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money
All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money Several Paterson police squads united for an all-out blitz that in only eight hours produced 14 arrests, 988 motor vehicle summonses and the seizure of a combined 66 bags of cocaine and pot, along with $6,700 in drug proceeds, authorities said. Throughout that entire time, they said, the city streets were quiet. Participating in the “Crime Suppression Detail,” from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday, were officers from the police department’s Special Investigations Division, Emergency Response Team, Narcotics Unit and Traffic Unit. “Designated violent crime ‘Hot Spots’ throughout the c…
Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun
Citywide Paterson Police Strikes Net Dealers, Buyers, 800 Heroin Folds, Coke, Cash, Gun Paterson police arrested several dealers and buyers throughout the city over a 10-day span, seizing more than 800 heroin folds, 75 vials and 10 bags of crack, $1,660 in cash, and an illegal handgun and ammo, authorities said Thursday. In one strike, narcotics detectives hit a notorious drug neighborhood -- Godwin Avenue and Auburn Street -- arresting several accused street dealers and buyers while seizing 155 heroin folds, along with 66 vials and four bags of crack, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Among those arrested were alleged dealers Derrick McGill, 39, of Paterson and Timothy Bow…
Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin
Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin Two Wayne police officers on a Route 23 commercial district safety and security detail nabbed a driver from Butler with 85 bags of heroin, authorities said. Ara Kouyoumdjian, 34, had the bags -- stamped "I AM BACK" -- in fully and partially sealed bricks when Officers Adrian Sulejmani and Tomasz Cydzik stopped him on the northbound highway just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for a cracked windshield, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. The 2000 Ford Taurus also had an expired inspection sticker, the captain said. Kouyoumdjian was sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. …
3 Charged In Takedown Of Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Linked To 84 Deaths 3 Charged In Takedown Of Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Linked To 84 Deaths
3 Charged In Takedown Of Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Linked To 84 Deaths Three people were charged in connection with the takedown of a Hudson County heroin and fentanyl mill that was linked to  227 overdoses including 84 deaths, authorities said. Timothy Guest, 45 of Irvington, William Woodley, 27 of Belleville, and Selionel Orama, 25 of Cedar Grove, were arrested in connection with the Harrison drug mill in which authorities seized 32,500 doses and four kilos of fentanyl and heroin, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a release.  The investigation was headed up by the New Jersey State Police Opioid Enforcement Task Force with …
Woman Eats Crack Cocaine During Takedown By Narc Squad, Stamford Police Say Woman Eats Crack Cocaine During Takedown By Narc Squad, Stamford Police Say
Woman Eats Crack Cocaine During Takedown By Narc Squad, Stamford Police Say A woman was nabbed by the Stamford Police Narc Squad after allegedly stuffing a couple of bags of crack cocaine in her mouth when approached by officers. Kelly Palmer, 48, of Bridgeport, was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, after agents received a tip that she would in town to sell the drugs out of her silver Toyota Camry, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. When Palmer arrived at her destination on Stillwater Avenue, awaiting officers boxed in her car and moved to remove her from her vehicle.  While officers approached, Palmer locked her car doors, opened …
'Next Fix Could Be Last': AG Warns Users Of Fatal Drugs After Hudson/Essex Drug Mill Takedown 'Next Fix Could Be Last': AG Warns Users Of Fatal Drugs After Hudson/Essex Drug Mill Takedown
'Next Fix Could Be Last': AG Warns Users Of Fatal Drugs After Hudson/Essex Drug Mill Takedown The takedown of a massive Hudson/Essex-based drug ring that pumped out 15,000 bags a day of heroin and fentanyl a day prompted a rare public warning to drug users Thursday from state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal about which brands to avoid.  The massive drug mill was operated by three men from a luxury condo in Hudson County where authorities said they seized 32,500 individual doses and nearly nine pounds of fentanyl and heroin -- some with the same brand names linked to 84 overdose deaths in New Jersey. “We know that our state is home to far too many people struggling with addiction,…
Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say
Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives nabbed two Paterson men with more than 45 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop, federal authorities said Thursday. Carlos Nieves and Yocadis Montas-Cepeda, both 24, were handed over to federal agents for prosecution, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The pair were arrested on their way from Paterson to the Bronx last November after a detective with the prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force stopped their Kia Sorrento on eastbound Route 80 for having tinted windows. The officer received consent to search the vehicle after learning that Nieves had been b…
Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Norwalk Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Norwalk
Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Norwalk A 33-year-old man was nabbed selling fentanyl-laced heroin following an investigation by Norwalk Police. Kentwan Chappell of Bridgeport was arrested on Tuesday, March 5, by the Special Services Division on Cottage Street, said Norwalk Police Lt. Terrence Blake. Chappell's arrest was in response to a tip received in January that he was selling heroin laced with fentanyl in Norwalk, police said. An investigation was initiated and multiple controlled purchases of heroin were made from Chappell and an arrest and search warrants were obtained, Blake said. When arrested, Chappell…
'Crusade' Continues: 16,000 Heroin Bags Seized, $25,400 Confiscated In Paterson Raid 'Crusade' Continues: 16,000 Heroin Bags Seized, $25,400 Confiscated In Paterson Raid
'Crusade' Continues: 16,000 Heroin Bags Seized, $25,400 Confiscated In Paterson Raid Paterson narcotics detectives seized a whopping 16,000 individually packaged folds of heroin – along with $25,400 in suspected drug cash -- during on ongoing series of raids, this time in what’s considered a quiet area of the city near Bunker Hill. A tipster led them to the second-floor apartment in the tidy two-family home on East 18th Street, where city Police Director Jerry Speziale said drugs were distributed to other dealers through the city – delivered in an older-model Buick Lacrosse. The detectives stopped the Buick on Wednesday, then raided the home around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Spez…
Man Faces Charges After Fairfield, Bridgeport Police Chase Man Faces Charges After Fairfield, Bridgeport Police Chase
Man Faces Charges After Fairfield, Bridgeport Police Chase A 40-year-old area man was nabbed by Fairfield Police following a pursuit that started with a routine traffic stop. The incident took place Friday evening when Officer Kevin Wells was conducting motor vehicle enforcement on Commerce Drive and stopped a vehicle after a warrant check revealed an active warrant for the registered owner's arrest, said Fairfield Lt. Robert Kalamaras.  After stopping the vehicle, the operator, later identified as Erskine Hall, 40, of Norwalk, gave Wells a fraudulent name. When Wells began to walk back to his patrol vehicle, Hall accelerated and fle…