UpdatedFri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:35 am ET
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31 people were charged when authorities took down a major drug ring operating in Somerset, Middlesex, and Union counties. (Courtesy of Somerset County Prosecutor s Office)
EDISON, NJ A estimated value of $559,000 worth of cocaine was seized and 31 people, including a man from Edison, were charged when authorities took down a major drug ring operating in Somerset, Middlesex, and Union counties.
Joselin Castillo, 30, of Grandview Avenue, was charged by prosecutors as the leader of a CDS trafficking network .
The investigation called Operation Triple Tragedy, took authorities five months to take down the cocaine dealing ring and arrest all of the people involved. Four people still remain wanted by authorities, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson.
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Those who attend are asked to wear green, which was Jasayde’s favorite color.
The organizations the family selected for donations in memory of Jasayde are:
Parents of Murdered Children: https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=1520&n=219306
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers: http://gunviolenceresearchcenter.rutgers.edu/donate/
Brady United: https://www.bradyunited.org/donate/tax
School board members began their Wednesday meeting with a moment of silence for the elementary school youngster.
Extending their sympathy to the extended Holder family, the board called for justice for Jasayde.
“I have twin boys at home just to think what the family is going through themselves, board member Alix Silva said. It’s gut-wrenching to know that could be done to a child so innocent, so young.”