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In a squat, non-descript house on Paterson’s north side, narcotics detectives found 13,350 heroin folds, 83 vials of crack, three guns and more than $4,000 in proceeds, authorities said.
Five adults and a juvenile were taken into custody during Tuesday’s Bergen Street raid, prompted by a spike in area crime and complaints from neighbors of open-air drug sales, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
One of them, Yhamere F. Mayo, 30, of North 5th Street, was charged in connection with a shooting in 2019.
Two of the other four adults arrested on various drug and weapons charges live in the home, which Speziale said was a hub of drug production and distribution.
By STEVE LENOX
January 6, 2021 at 6:30 AM
A previous effort by law enforcement officials yielded large amounts of drugs and cash.
A previous effort by law enforcement officials yielded large amounts of drugs and cash.
Credits: Passaic County Sheriff s Office
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January 6, 2021 at 6:30 AM
PATERSON, NJ - Paterson Police Narcotics Division made a “major accomplishment” Tuesday with the closure of an “illegal drug distribution ring and manufacturing plant” that was operating from a Bergen Street home, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale announced.
According to Speziale, the operation was launched in response to a recent spike in criminal activity as well as numerous citizen complaints and led to the seizure of 13,350 glassines of heroin, 83 vials of crack cocaine, and 14 jars and 84 bags of marijuana.
By MARK J. BONAMO
December 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM
Rick Thigpen, PSEG s senior vice president and head of Corporate Citizenship.
Rick Thigpen, PSEG s senior vice president and head of Corporate Citizenship.
Credits: Mark J. Bonamo
December 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM
Rick Thigpen has been with PSEG since 2007, rising through the ranks to his present position of senior vice president and head of Corporate Citizenship in 2018. In a conversation with TAPinto, Thigpen notes how his professional and personal background in politics as district director for the late U.S. Rep. Don Payne, former executive director of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, and son of the late former Essex County Democratic Chairman Phil Thigpen prepared him to help make policy decisions at PSEG. The policy challenges that lie ahead toward achieving New Jersey s goal of 100 percent clean energy gives Thigpen s life lessons a new meaning and an important purpose.