Sandwiches, Candy, Scratchoffs, Heroin: Paterson Store Owner Busted, Drugs, $16,575 Seized
A Paterson merchant supplemented his income selling heroin and more from his store right next to a public school, authorities said.
Narcotics Division detectives watched Jose Acevedo, 51, sell seven heroin folds to a city man at MC Power Grill and Deli on Union Avenue, next door to the K-4 No. 14 school, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
They then then raided the business and Acevedo’s Garrison Street home, seizing various drugs, as well as more than $16,500 in alleged proceeds, he said.
Acevedo was carrying 40 heroin folds when they arrested him outside the store during the simu…
Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns
Paterson police struck back against drug-related crime in the Silk City, seizing 16,163 heroin folds, 106 bags of cocaine and crack, hundreds of illegal prescription pills and two guns over a three-night stretch.
The big haul was Tuesday’s heroin seizure.
“Clearly, this was a major operation put out of business," city Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
It was run from a fortified, first-floor apartment on East 18th Street, where detectives seized 10,150 heroin folds after watching residents Jeramy Lozano, 27, and Deserie Silva, 25, sell 6,000 more to James Saunders, 51, of Saylorsburg PA…
Paterson PD: 3,862 Heroin Folds, 7 Pounds Of Pot, Gun Seized In Arrest Of Drug-Dealing Ex-Con
Paterson police seized a massive 3,862 folds of heroin, seven pounds of raw marijuana and more than an ounce of crack after watching an ex-con make several sales, authorities said.
Joseph E. Tinsley Jr., 31, also had a loaded gun, a kilogram press and $8,596 in proceeds, which were all seized when detectives raided his East 13th Street apartment, city Police Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said.
Tinsley “repeatedly made hand-to-hand drug transactions in the area of East 15th Street” during the April investigation, Speziale said.
Detectives on Wednesday nabbed separate buyers following deals w…
Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper
Two homeless men – one of them confined to a wheelchair -- mugged a Clifton resident coming out of a local supermarket, authorities said.
Piotr Waszkiewica, 39, and wheelchair-bound Guy Shane Crocker, 53, approached the 66-year-old victim outside the Exito Supermarket in Botany Square on Tuesday and demanded $20, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said.
When he refused, Waszkiewica and Crocker hit him, threw him to the ground and rifled through his pockets, taking $100, Bracken said.
The took off, leaving the victim with facial injuries, he said.
Detectives identified and arrested the pair Wedn…
Hawthorne PD: NY Men Coming From Paterson In Unregistered, Unlicensed Car Had Heroin, Pot
“Fine,” a stopped New York State driver told a Hawthorne police officer who asked whether he was carrying any drugs before pulling out several bundles of heroin stuffed down his pants, authorities said.
Corey Kessler, 28, of Wurtsboro, was driving a 2014 Nissan Sentra when he and his passenger, 22-year-old Jayquan Lightfoot of Middletown, NY were stopped on Goffle Road near Watchung Drive in the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 8, they said.
Kessler told the officer he’d gone to Paterson to pick up his cousin, but Lightfoot told a different story, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said.
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