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Jersey City man pleads guilty to prison smuggling scheme
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The conspiracy used drones to smuggle contraband into Fort Dix under cover of darkness. (Derek Skinner / Shutterstock.com)
A Jersey City man admitted to participating in a conspiracy to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, and to possessing heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
Jason Arteaga-Loayza, aka “Juice,” 30, a former inmate at Fort Dix, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and one count of possession of heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
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A Brick man is accused of stealing more than $50,000 worth of chainsaws and chainsaw parts from Amtrak, and then reselling them primarily through an online auction service, according to acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
Jose Rodriguez, 48, is charged by complaint with one count of theft from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of theft of government property, authorities said.
Rodriguez is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk via videoconference Tuesday afternoon.
Since October 2007, Rodriguez was employed as a senior engineer and repairman for the passenger railroad service at one of the facilities in North Brunswick, according to court documents.
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Jose Rodriguez, 48, of Brick is also an Amtrak employee was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of chainsaws and chainsaw part from his employer and then re-selling them, mostly through an online auction service, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Tuesday.
He is charged by complaint with one count of theft from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of theft of government property and appeared in Newark federal court on Tuesday afternoon.
Honig said that Rodriguez has been an Amtrak employee since October 2007 rising up to the rank of a senior engineer and repairman, based out of a facility in North Brunswick.