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COCAINE PROFITS AID CRIME FIGHT

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, March 6, 1992

The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03

Leonidas Paula’s ill-gotten gains from the cocaine sales he made from his Little Ferry apartment until he was arrested 16 months ago will go to good use helping local law enforcement fight crime.

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Little Ferry Police Department recently were on the receiving end of a check for $135,000, which was split 50-50. It was their share of $169,000 that Paula forfeited as part of a 15-year prison sentence for three counts of cocaine distribution and one count of maintaining a drug-production facility.

“This is just a great way to hurt drug dealers because you are hitting them where it hurts in the pocketbook,” said Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy.

The 1986 Crime Control Act provides for law enforcement agencies to share in the proceeds from criminal investigations in which they were involved. Robert Van Etten, U.S. Customs special agent-in-charge, presented the check in Fahy’s office.

“It’s like Christmas in March,” Little Ferry Police Chief Donald Fleming said. “We are going to be frugal with the money. . . . We are going to update the narcotics division in the detective bureau, buy some new equipment, and send people to courses.”

Paula was charged in November 1990 after five men who had bought cocaine from him were arrested coming out of his North Village apartment, which was under surveillance by Little Ferry police and the Bergen County Narcotics Task Force. Among other things, authorities seized $9,282 and bank accounts in New York City and numbers to safe-deposit boxes that later yielded $169,000.

ID: 17370686 | Copyright © 1992, The Record (New Jersey)

March 6, 1992
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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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