DEA RETURNS TO HOUSE; Washington Township Site Was Raided in 1990

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, March 14, 1992

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Federal drug agents returned Friday to remove materials from a house that was the scene of a similar raid almost two years ago, when they took chemicals from the premises.

A spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration declined to say what was removed from the house at 451 Ridgewood Road.

“The house is under custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, and they are just taking out different materials out of the house,” DEA Special Agent Victor M. Pedalino said. “There is no other comment that I’m going to make at this time.”

About a half-dozen workers in protective gear were observed labeling and removing oil drums and bottles from the house and garage. Three large trucks being used by the workers were parked on the property.

Pedalino declined to say whether Keith Mantell, who operated a chemical company called Isogenics out of the house, was ever charged following the May 1990 raid, or whether Friday’s activity came as a result of that raid. He also declined to say when the Marshal Service took control of the house.

At the time of the raid two years ago, township officials tried to calm residents fears by informing them chemicals stored at the home did not contaminate the neighborhood.
Friday, Township Administrator Agnes Smith referred all questions to Police Chief Justin Georgetti, who referred all questions to the DEA.

Caption: Federal agents removing materials Friday from a Ridgewood Road house in Washington Township. PHOTO – AL PAGLIONE / THE RECORD

ID: 17371423 | Copyright © 1992, The Record (New Jersey)


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