Newark Bloods Leader Ordered Shootings, Ran Open-Air Drug Market, 26 Charged: AG
The leader of the Queen Street Blood Gang and 25 other people have been arrested for their roles in an enterprise that used violence and intimidation to operate an open-air drug market in Newark, authorities said.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday, April 22.
Rabiyah Sorey, the leader of the gang is charged with racketeering, conspiracy, weapons offenses, assaults and drug offenses, Platkin said. Other members charged in the conspiracy acted as supervisors, advisors, distributors of controlled dangerous substances and enfo…
Man Found Dead In Allentown Tent Identified As Horacio Miranda, 58: Coroner Seeks Next Of Kin
A man was found dead in a tent in Allentown, and authorities are searching for his next of kin, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office and Forensics Center announced in a previously released statement on Wednesday, March 27.
Horacio Miranda, 58, of Allentown, was pronounced dead at 4:56 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 in the 500 block of American Parkway NE, officials said.
Miranda’s cause of death was determined to be mixed drug toxicity involving cocaine and fentanyl, and the manner of death was ruled accidental, according to the coroner’s office.
Anyone with information about Miranda’s family is …
Dark Web Dealer ‘MamaKnowsBrown,’ Bloods Gang, Family Tied To 21 Suffolk Drug Arrests: DA
A Long Island woman accused of running a dark web drug storefront called "MamaKnowsBrown" is among 21 people indicted in a massive Suffolk County narcotics trafficking case involving Bloods gang members and a family-run network, District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced on Friday, April 11, 2025.
Carolyn Tolin, 46, of Centereach, allegedly shipped heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and powder cocaine to customers across 40 states, operating her dark web storefront from the garage of her home and accepting cryptocurrency payments, prosecutors said.
Tolin was one of several alleged trafficker…
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.
Reading Pair Caught With 14K Fentanyl Pills On NJ Highway: Prosecutor
A Pennsylvania couple was arrested after police say they were caught transporting 14,000 suspected fentanyl pills with a street value of $420,000 on a North Jersey highway.
Edgar Holguin-Reyes, 30, and Yakayra Reyes, 27, both of Reading, PA, were pulled over around 6:35 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, on Route 287 in Mahwah, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
During the stop, detectives searched the vehicle and found approximately 14,000 suspected fentanyl pills, Musella said. The pills are believed to have a total street value of $420,000.
Holguin-Reyes and Reyes were each charged with…
