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QUARTET ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES; POLICE SAY ONE SUSPECT ASKED FOR CRACK BACK

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, September 22, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03

Responding to neighborhood complaints, Hackensack police descended on First and High streets Friday, arresting four people on drug charges.
The four including two 17-year-olds, one of who allegedly insisted that police return 15 small plastic bags of crack seized in the arrest were charged with possession of drugs, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.
The arrests boosted to 19 the number of people Hackensack police arrested on drug charges last week.
Officers Kevin O’Boyle and Chris Toomey saw several men scatter as they arrived at about 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of First and High streets, an area notorious for drug activity, police said. One of the suspects threw the bags of crack underneath a parked van on First Street.
Police said the officers arrested at the scene Jerry Carroll, 29, of 211 Passaic St., Hackensack, and the juvenile who later sought to reclaim the crack. Officer John Carroll, no relation to the suspect, and Sgt. Frank Lomia arrested another 17-year-old and 20-year-old Laron Boyd of 118 Atlantic St., Hackensack, after a chase, police said.
Although police went to the neighborhood because residents had complained that armed men were in the streets, no guns were found at the scene. Police said there was an arrest warrant for Carroll, charging him with violation of parole stemming from a conviction on numerous counts of drug distribution.
The juveniles were released to the custody of relatives. Boyd posted a $1,000 bail bond after spending the night in the Bergen County Jail, and Carroll, because of the parole violation, was being held without bail in the jail.

Keywords: DRUG; HACKENSACK

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ID: 17356086 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

September 22, 1991
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HACKENSACK POLICE ARREST 15 FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, September 21, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | Page A03

In what police call a continuing crackdown on drug transactions, 15 people have been arrested during the past week.
The arrests occurred during routine motor-vehicle stops or during surveillance for ongoing investigations, Hackensack Police Detective Sgt. Mike Mordaga said.
Except for a Hartford, Conn., man, all of those arrested were from Hackensack.
The latest arrest was made about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, when Julius Williams, 26, of 27 Newman St., was allegedly seen selling cocaine at First Street and Central Avenue, Mordaga said.
When officers approached him, Williams took off in his car, leading police on a high-speed chase. He abandoned the car on Lehigh Street and fled on foot, Mordaga said.
Jumping backyard fences and ducking into alleyways, Williams made his way to Railroad Avenue, where he was arrested.
Williams was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on Friday. He was charged with possessing and distributing cocaine and heroin, distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, and resisting arrest.

Keywords: HACKENSACK; DRUG; SALE; CRIME

ID: 17355983 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

September 21, 1991
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MAN OUT ON BAIL ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer

Sunday, September 15, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A05

A 25-year-old Hackensack man out on bail and awaiting trial on drug possession and distribution charges was arrested on new drug charges in a pre-dawn raid Saturday, police said.
Police said Harry Kittrell had more than 100 vials of crack and a plastic bag filled with marijuana when they arrested him in a Railroad Avenue apartment. Detective Sgt. Robert Wright, Officer Kevin O’Boyle, and a team of 10 officers from the Hackensack Police Narcotic, Youth, and Detective divisions arrested him about 1 a.m., Detective Sgt. Mike Mordaga said.
Kittrell was charged with two counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute and was being held on $75,000 bail in Bergen County Jail, Mordaga said.
Arrested with Kittrell was Albertina Brown, the 26-year-old resident of the apartment where Kittrell allegedly was selling drugs, police said. Brown, 26, of 69 Railroad Ave. was held on $25,000 bail.
“We targeted this area was because it’s a known area for blatant drug sales,” Mordaga said. “We received numerous complaints from residents.”
Kittrell faces numerous other charges filed over the past year in Hackensack, including charges of selling crack to a state trooper within 1,000 feet of a school and selling crack to a Hackensack officer.

Keywords: DRUG; HACKENSACK; SALE

ID: 17355319 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

September 15, 1991
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AIRPORT DRUG BUST SETS RECORD 40 POUNDS OF HEROIN SEIZED

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, August 24, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03

Customs agents arrested two sisters arriving at Newark Airport from Sweden on Thursday with about 40 pounds of heroin, worth $18 million on the street, authorities said Friday.
“This is the largest heroin seizure at Newark International Airport,” said Robert Van Etten, special agent in charge for the U.S. Customs Service.
The previous largest shipment seized at the airport was 11.7 pounds on Oct. 11, 1990, Van Etten said. “As the number of international flights at Newark Airport increases, U.S. Customs has seen an increase in narcotics smuggling at Newark,” he added.
Judy Merle Corbin, 42, of Atlanta and her sister, Sandra Sue Corbin, 41, of Kansas City, Mo., were arrested about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in possession of a suitcase and roller bag that had secret compartments and false bottoms filled with heroin, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Ana T. Escobar.
Van Etten said the women were couriers for a Nigerian heroin-smuggling organization. The organization shipped the heroin from Thailand to Sweden, then employed the women to bring it into the United States, he said.
Van Etten declined to disclose what led Customs to the women or the circumstances of the arrest. He did say that the women had lengthy criminal records.
They were charged with importing heroin and were being held without bail in the custody of U.S. marshals, Escobar said.

Keywords: NEWARK; AVIATION; DRUG; CRIME; RECORD

ID: 17353367 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

August 24, 1991
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