Undercover Operation Leads To Bust Of Alleged Heroin Dealer In Carmel Undercover Operation Leads To Bust Of Alleged Heroin Dealer In Carmel
Undercover Operation Leads To Bust Of Alleged Heroin Dealer In Carmel An investigation into an alleged Putnam County drug dealer led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Carmel man who was caught with heroin and other drugs during a bust. A Putnam County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to the Narcotics Enforcement Unit received information in September last year that Carmel resident Carlos Priego was involved in the sale of heroin and prescription narcotics in the Hudson Valley. Officials said that during the course of the investigation, the undercover officer was able to contact Priego on four separate occasions to purchase heroin and suboxone. On Feb. 15, Priego was ta…
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi couple running a drug trafficking operation from their home had 11½ pounds of cocaine and more than 1,900 pills for sale when Paterson police nabbed them and a Prospect Park accomplice with help from the DEA, authorities said. Simulataneous raids on a private house at the corner of Keasler Avenue and McGuire Place in Lodi and a North 10th Street apartment in Prospect Park turned up the cocaine, as well as Xanax (949 pills), Zolpidem (483) and Oxycodone (130), Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives also found more than two pounds of pot, 518 envelopes o…
Father Faces Charges After 1-Year-Old Eats Drugs In Norwalk Father Faces Charges After 1-Year-Old Eats Drugs In Norwalk
Father Faces Charges After 1-Year-Old Eats Drugs In Norwalk A 29-year-old man with a criminal record was arrested after a 1-year-old child ingested drugs at his Woodbury Avenue home, according to The Hour. The incident took place Jan. 16 when the child was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for an unknown medical problem. Tests showed that the child had the drug suboxone in its system, the newspaper said. That's when the Department of Children and Families investigators stepped in and on Jan. 21 visited the home and found two vials of the drug on the kitchen floor belonging to the child's father, Matthew Hilton of New Haven, The Hour said. The Norwal…
Police Track Down Stolen Vehicle Suspect In Yorktown Police Track Down Stolen Vehicle Suspect In Yorktown
Police Track Down Stolen Vehicle Suspect In Yorktown A man driving a stolen car while in possession of narcotics took officers on a brief chase on Route 6N before being apprehended, according to the Yorktown Police Department. Following information provided regarding the direction the suspect took off in from Cromwell Circle, police were able to track down the stolen car on Route 6N in Mahopac. Police said that the officers attempted to stop the driver - later identified as 33-year-old Shaun Noone of Yorktown - though he initially refused to stop. Following a short chase, officers were able to get Noone to stop, and it was determined that he …
Carmel Man, 22, Nabbed For Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs In Putnam Carmel Man, 22, Nabbed For Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs In Putnam
Carmel Man, 22, Nabbed For Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs In Putnam A 22-year-old Carmel man was arrested in Putnam County after selling pills to an undercover deputy, according to Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr. Jamie J. Mclean was arrested Thursday, Jan. 11, by a deputy with the Narcotics Enforcement Unit after he developed information that Mclean was involved in the sale of prescription drugs, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The deputy was able to make contact with Mclean and arrange for the purchase of prescription medication (Suboxone) on several occasions, the department said. Mclean was charged with three counts each of …
Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again
Disbarred Hackensack Lawyer Busted For Selling Drugs -- Again HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A disbarred lawyer from Hackensack with a history of drug arrests was busted again by city police. Narcotics detectives arrested Barry Hoffberg, 51, on charges of maintaining/operating a drug facility out of his Prospect Avenue apartment, possessing and distributing cocaine and marijuana and having various tools of distribution -- among them, scales, grinders and sifters -- following a warranted raid Thursday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Hoffberg remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. Last February, detectives said they arrested Hoff…