Authorities arrested 16 people and seized 21 guns and more than 10,000 bags of heroin and fentanyl Thursday in connection with a gun- and drug-trafficking organization operating in Pleasantville and Egg Harbor City, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said Saturday.
Local,
state and federal authorities executed five search warrants in the Egg
Harbor City area beginning at 4 a.m. Thursday, the Prosecutor’s Office
said in a news release.
The
bust netted handguns, shotguns, rifles, automatic weapons, ammunition,
high-capacity magazines, about 10 ounces of cocaine, heroin and
fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
The
Prosecutor’s Office said the arrests disrupted a gun-running operation
originating in the southern part of the country and ending in Atlantic
County.
The arrests and
warrants were the result of a two-month investigation by the Atlantic
County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit, the FBI, the
New Jersey State Police, the Galloway Township and Pleasantville police
departments, and other agencies, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Kenneth
J. Burrell, 39, of Egg Harbor City, was the organization’s leader and
was charged with being the leader of a narcotics trafficking network, a
first-degree crime, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Burrell
faces a list of other charges, including second-degree illegal
transport of firearms, seven counts of second-degree possession of a
handgun during the commission of certain crimes, and second-degree
conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances, the
Prosecutor’s Office said.
Tyson
Nieves, 25, of Egg Harbor City, was charged with seven weapons
offenses, including second-degree possession of handguns for unlawful
purposes, second-degree possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and
second-degree illegal transport of firearms, the Prosecutor’s Office
said.
Scott Dorn, 18, of Egg Harbor City, was
charged with second-degree illegal transport of firearms, second-degree
possession of a handgun during the commission of certain crimes and four
other weapons offenses, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Leonard
Allen, 26, of Egg Harbor City, was charged with second-degree
possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes,
second-degree possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and four
other weapons offenses, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Samuel
Davis Jr., 22, of Mullica Township, was charged with second-degree
possession of a shotgun, second-degree possession with
intent/distribution of heroin, and three other gun-and-drug-related
counts, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Brian
Foster, 19, of Egg Harbor City, was charged with second-degree
possession of a handgun while distributing a controlled dangerous
substance, second-degree possession with intent/distribution of heroin
and three other charges, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Joshua Sims, 18, of Augusta, Georgia,
was charged with six counts related to weapons, including second-degree
illegal transport of firearms, second-degree possession of weapons for
unlawful purposes-community gun and second-degree unlawful possession of
a handgun, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Umar
Salahuddin, 25, of Egg Harbor City, was charged with first-degree
distribution of cocaine, second-degree possession of weapons for
unlawful purposes and seven other drug-and-gun-related offenses, the
Prosecutor’s Office said.
Catoby
Collier and Dawayne Fleming, both 40 and from Egg Harbor City, each
faces two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun,
multiple counts of third-degree distribution of controlled dangerous
substances within 1,000 feet of school property and four other
drug-and-gun related offenses, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Isaiah
Cooper, 27, of Pleasantville, was charged with second-degree possession
of an assault firearm, second-degree possession of a firearm during the
commission of certain crimes and five other weapons offenses.
Others
arrested Thursday and charged with drug offenses include Timothy David,
19, and Sara A. Davis, 24, both of Mullica Township; Hiram
Matos-Aviles, 20, and Rodney Cline, 34, both of Egg Harbor City; and
Tariek L. Mack, 27, of Galloway Township, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
First-degree
crimes in New Jersey carry a potential penalty of 10 to 20 years in
state prison. People convicted of second-degree crimes face a possible
prison sentence of five to 10 years in prison, and third-degree crimes
carry a potential penalty of three to five years in prison.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/arrested-in-atlantic-county-drug-and-gun-bust/article_addd58bf-2e74-5637-a5d0-3ed021d3bbb5.html
More information at
http://www.acpo.org/pressreleases/2017/040117drug.pdf
Wrong house entered during raid
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/police-enter-wrong-house-during-egg-harbor-city-raid/article_b1dd2359-1be7-52f2-9dca-3cf194804b55.html
http://breakingac.com/ehc-family-says-kids-traumatized-by-accidental-raid/
Court appearances
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/leader-associates-of-atlantic-county-drug-and-gun-ring-to/article_6801e404-0525-5597-91e3-761675fdf565.html
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/arrested-in-atlantic-county-drug-and-gun-bust/article_addd58bf-2e74-5637-a5d0-3ed021d3bbb5.html
More information at
http://www.acpo.org/pressreleases/2017/040117drug.pdf
Wrong house entered during raid
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/police-enter-wrong-house-during-egg-harbor-city-raid/article_b1dd2359-1be7-52f2-9dca-3cf194804b55.html
http://breakingac.com/ehc-family-says-kids-traumatized-by-accidental-raid/
Court appearances
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/leader-associates-of-atlantic-county-drug-and-gun-ring-to/article_6801e404-0525-5597-91e3-761675fdf565.html
2 comments:
Thank you law enforcement - the wide expansion of the illegal drugs being distributed to our young children must stop. In the past ten years, too many friends, family and neighbors have died because of heroin addiction. Very thankful law enforcement has finally stepped up and targeted the drug supply chain these past 4 months. Keep up the great work.
If it was a raid in Egg Harbor City, why wasn't their police department even mentioned. Are they still being monitored by the State?
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