Feds charge 22 suspects in crackdown on street gangs in Paterson
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PATERSON In the latest crackdown on the city s violent drug gangs, federal authorities on Thursday announced criminal charges against 22 suspected members of two 4th Ward groups known as “UpTop” and “Harlem World.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said 14 of the suspects were arrested Thursday morning, four already were in custody and four remain at large.
The crackdown targeted 12 alleged members of Harlem World, which operates near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street, and 10 suspected members of UpTop, which runs drug sales near the corner of Carroll and Governor streets, Honig said.
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PATERSON When the trail of a narcotics investigation led Paterson police to a 30-unit apartment building at 146 Hamilton Ave., they picked up the phone and asked the owner for help.
Soon afterward, detectives on Monday raided an apartment in the building, where a drug ring allegedly stashed its cocaine and heroin, completing a bust that resulted in 15 arrests, police said. As part of the operation, detectives seized a loaded gun, more than 1,000 heroin packets, about 150 vials and baggies of crack cocaine and $8,184 in cash, police said.
“I’m always happy to help the police,” said the landlord, Charles Florio, Paterson’s most prominent and prolific real estate investor.