Category: Drug Crimes
According to this patch.com article, two major heroin distribution networks in Southern New Jersey have been busted, leading to the arrests of thirty-four people who were responsible for importing roughly 50,000 doses into Ocean County each week. “These simultaneous operations are incredible investigative feats,” Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato stated. Multiple law enforcement agencies including federal, state, […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently represented a client who had been charged with Possession of Marijuana under 50 grams under 2C:35-10a(4) as well as Drug Paraphernalia under 2C:36-2. These are both disorderly persons offenses that are punishable by 6 months in jail and typically handled in municipal court. Moreover, New Jersey does not allow plea bargaining for defendants who […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently defended a client who had been charged and arrested for distributing the popular party drug known as “Molly”. Officers arrested our client and a co-defendant after allegedly witnessing drug sales being conducted. Our client was a college student with no prior record but he was charged with a second degree crime and was […]
Our client was a passenger in an automobile pulled over for a broken taillight and cruising in the left lane. The officer believed that he had the requisite reasonable suspicion to pull the driver and passenger out of the car and request consent to search the vehicle; the fruits of which yielded one marijuana cigarette […]
We recently defended a client who had been indicted for second degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, second degree Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes, and fourth degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) for “Molly” after police arrested him for possession of handgun and a drugs. Each second degree weapon charge carries […]
A joint law enforcement task force took down six individuals who were apparently involved in a major cocaine distribution organization like something out of the movie “Scarface” with Al Pacino. The task force, made up of FBI and detectives from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, found a kilo of coke […]
Cranford Police was arrested a man from Garwood after a search of his car led to the confiscation of steroids and syringes. The man drew attention to himself by parking a van in the lot of a closed business at East South Avenue and Meeker Avenue around 6:30 p.m., according to police. Cranford police officers decided […]
Jersey City Police arrested four suspects on Wednesday for allegedly buying and selling heroin in an area of Jersey City known to police as a “high drug and violent crime area,” according to a report. Early Wednesday morning around 9 a.m. police officers in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street witnessed an alleged drug transaction […]
Father and Son Nabbed by Brick Police for Narcotics Brick Patch has recently reported that a father and son duo were arrested on a multitude of charges last week in a Brick Township home following a month long investigation by Brick Township Police and the Ocean County Drug Enforcement Unit who had been previously alerted to […]
Heroin use continues to rise in New Jersey, and officials are particularly taking notice as the “heroin epidemic” hits our wealthier communities and affects upper-middle class families. In the past, residents in these communities, such as New Providence, hoped their children and families were safe from the epidemic that has been plaguing New Jersey but […]