Drug Raid: Heroin, Crystal Meth, Cocaine Found In Hackensack Man's Apartment, Cops Say
A Hackensack man is behind bars after police say he was caught with large amounts of heroin and meth just steps from a public park.
Jhoan Ferreira-Diaz, 42, was arrested on Thursday, April 3, after police served a Superior Court search warrant at an apartment near Atlantic Street Park in Hackensack, according to Chief Michael Antista.
Inside the apartment, detectives found "more than five ounces of heroin individually packaged for street level narcotic sales, more than seven ounces of crystal methamphetamine, a quantity of cocaine, and drug paraphernalia used in the manufacturing and distri…
Routine Norwalk Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Bust: Police
Police arrested a man with a known history of drug crimes following a routine traffic stop on Monday, April 1, authorities said.
Trey Daniel Greene, 31, of Bridgeport, faces multiple felonies following the stop at the Stuart Avenue and Connecticut Avenue intersection in Norwalk, police said.
Officers pulled over a vehicle Greene was in and found 8.25 grams of cocaine, 14 grams of crack, 12 grams of fentanyl, and 14 folds of heroin, Norwalk police said.
He was being held on a $100,000 bond, police said.
Crack, Heroin, Meth: Major Drug Hauls Made In Peekskill Raids, 2 Arrested, Police Say
Two men were arrested in separate drug raids in Westchester after long-running investigations into narcotics sales, police announced.
On Monday, March 24, Peekskill Police Detectives, assisted by the Westchester County Police Narcotics Unit, executed a search warrant at a Main Street home, where they seized suspected crack cocaine and precursors used in the manufacturing of controlled substances, Peekskill Police announced on Monday, March 31.
The suspect, Michael Stokely of Peekskill, was taken into custody and charged with:
Criminal possession of precursors of a contro…
Toddler's Death From Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine Sees Manslaughter Conviction For Holbrook Dad
A New York father whose toddler son died from a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and other hard drugs pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Long Island resident Wilkens Adonis, 39, of Holbrook, entered the formal plea in Suffolk County Court on Monday, March 17, in the death of his 14-month-old son, Joseph.
Suffolk County Police were called to Adonis’ residence on the morning of Jan. 3, 2024, for an unresponsive child, prosecutors said. They found the boy unconscious in a bedroom shared by Adonis and the boy’s mother, Daryllee Leibrook.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospita…
Bergen Prosecutor’s Lt. Faces 50-Count Indictment For Stealing Fentanyl, Heroin: AG
A Bergen County prosecutor’s office lieutenant is facing a 50-count indictment after allegedly stealing cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl from the evidence vault and depositing $600,000 in cash into his personal accounts, authorities said.
A state grand jury in Trenton indicted Kevin T. Matthew, 48, of Cedar Grove, after an investigation revealed he had allegedly signed out narcotics from BCPO’s main evidence vault between January 2019 and November 2023, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Wednesday, March 12.
Authorities said Matthew was not part of BCPO’s narcotics unit, but as a me…
Central Islip Dealer Sold Fentanyl To User Who OD'd, Had Enough To Kill 250K People, DA Says
A Central Islip man sold fentanyl to a user who later died from an overdose, prosecutors alleged.
Jeffrey Sloan, 62, was arraigned on more than 30 drug-related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, March 10, after an investigation turned up enough fentanyl to kill 250,000 people, Suffolk County prosecutors said.
An investigation found that Sloan sold heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and Xanax to a 25-year-old Brentwood man just two days before the man died from an overdose, according to prosecutors.
A search of the victim’s phone revealed he had sent text messages to Sloan ordering 13 bags …
Heroin, Cocaine, Meth: Seven Men Arrested After Drug Raids, Atlantic City Police Say
Seven people were arrested after two drug production facilities were dismantled in Atlantic City, authorities said.
Officers began investigating on Thursday, Feb. 20, after receiving information Sefereno Castro, a 39-year-old Atlantic City resident, was selling heroin from a vehicle in Renaissance Plaza on the 1500 block of Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City police said.
When approached by detectives, Castro locked himself in his vehicle and refused to come out, police said. He eventually exited and was taken into custody, where he was found to be in possession of 100 individual bags of heroin, po…
