Mahwah Couple Ran Coke Ring Out Of Condo, Three More Arrested, Police Say
An anonymous tip led police to arrest a Mahwah couple accused of selling cocaine out of their condo, authorities said in a release on Monday, June 30.
Daniel Santos, 49, and Natalie Sarkissian, 34, were arrested following a search warrant executed by police at the Paddington Square development along Airmont Avenue after they received “a complaint of suspicious activity,” Mahwah Police Capt. Michael Blondin said.
Detectives found a quantity of cocaine, packaging material, and alleged proceeds from the sales, Blondin said. Santos and Sarkissian were charged with:
Distribution of a Controlle…
Shots Fired, Drugs Found, Attempted Murder Charges Filed: Hagerstown Police
Gunfire rattled a Hagerstown neighborhood late Sunday night, ending in a drug seizure, a ditched Glock, and three arrests — including two suspects from Baltimore — according to police.
Officers responded to the 400 block of Jonathan Street around 11:21 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025, for a report of multiple gunshots, police said.
They found numerous shell casings and drugs on the ground.
Investigators quickly tracked two suspects to a nearby residence and took them into custody without incident. Officers say controlled dangerous substances were in plain view.
Overnight, police secured a s…
Heroin Bags, Felony DWI: Repeat Drunk Driver, Drug Suspect Caught In Kent, Cops Say
Two men were arrested in Putnam County following separate traffic stops that led to a repeat drunk driver getting more charges and a man being caught with bags of heroin, police said.
The first arrest happened in Kent on Friday night, June 6, around 8:50 p.m., when officers pulled over a vehicle near Kent Recycling on Route 52 for vehicle and traffic law violations. The driver, 27-year-old Oscar Patino of Carmel, was found to be intoxicated after field sobriety tests, the Kent Police Department said on Friday, June 27.
Further investigation revealed that Patino had a prior DWI c…
$22K In Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized During Carroll County Drug Ring Takedown, Officials Say
Two people are behind bars months after investigators uncovered a major drug and firearms operation in Maryland, authorities announced.
Antonio Alfonso Liason, 38, and Jessica Brooke Smith, 47, both of Westminster, were arrested earlier this month, after detectives executed search warrants at six locations across Carroll County and Baltimore City, according to the Carroll County Drug and Firearms Trafficking Task Force.
The takedown followed a six-month-long investigation that targeted the trafficking of large quantities of narcotics in and around the Carroll corridor and surrounding areas,…
62-Year-Old Man Gets Fatal Cocaine-Fentanyl Overdose From Neighbor In Kutztown
A drug dealer was sentenced this week in the 2022 overdose death of his Springfield Township neighbor, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
William Randall Wright, 39, formerly of Springfield and most recently residing in Kutztown, pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. to three charges: Drug Delivery Resulting in Death, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, and Involuntary Manslaughter, prosecutors said.
He admitted to selling the combination of cocaine and fentanyl that killed Steven Newhart, 62, inside the Scenic V…
