$20K, Crack Cocaine Seized In Danbury Raid After Months-Long Investigation: Police $20K, Crack Cocaine Seized In Danbury Raid After Months-Long Investigation: Police
$20K, Crack Cocaine Seized In Danbury Raid After Months-Long Investigation: Police Detectives in Connecticut have arrested a man they say is a drug dealer after a months-long investigation in Fairfield County.  Darrell Jeremy Spencer Jr. was arrested in a sting operation this week outside a housing project in Danbury, police said.  During a surveillance operation, officers said they saw Spencer and another person in what they believed was a drug deal. Danbury police rushed in for an arrest, but Spencer tried to speed away in his vehicle.  Police were able to stop him from escaping. They found 17 grams of crack on him. Officers then went to his Fairfield Ri…
Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police
Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police A Brooklyn man was arrested after detectives found him with multiple drugs in West Hempstead, Nassau County police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. Narcotics/Vice Squad Detectives said their investigation led to the arrest of Bomani Drayton, 29, of Delmar Loop, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 at 4:13 p.m. Drayton was allegedly in possession of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, Adderall, and alprazolam, all of which he intended to sell, detectives said. He was charged with two counts of Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, four counts of Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled S…
1,000+ Grams Of Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized In Baltimore Drug Lab Raid: Police 1,000+ Grams Of Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized In Baltimore Drug Lab Raid: Police
1,000+ Grams Of Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized In Baltimore Drug Lab Raid: Police Baltimore Police just put a major dent in a drug pipeline — and the photos look like something out of The Wire. Investigators with the Group Violence Enforcement Team launched a probe in early September after violent crime spiked in Southwest, Western, and Southern Baltimore, officials said.  Detectives tracked suspects traveling to Delaware to haul controlled dangerous substances back into the city, according to the Baltimore Police Department. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, a coordinated vehicle stop on the Delaware Turnpike with help from Delaware State Police led to a massive seizure tha…
$2M In Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized From Suffolk County Couple’s Home: DA $2M In Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized From Suffolk County Couple’s Home: DA
$2M In Cocaine, Fentanyl Seized From Suffolk County Couple’s Home: DA A Suffolk County couple is accused of running a massive narcotics operation out of their Holbrook home, prosecutors announced on Monday, Sept. 22. Caleb Moran, 28, and Jessica Medina-Rivas, 28, were indicted for Operating as Major Traffickers and multiple drug charges after selling cocaine to an undercover detective, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said in a release. Investigators launched controlled buys in July and August 2025, where the couple allegedly sold cocaine and fentanyl to an undercover officer. Moran allegedly warned the officer not to sell the fentanyl “pur…
Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral
Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral Loved ones are raising money to give a proper farewell to a Hudson Valley woman whose long-unsolved disappearance has turned into a murder case. The outpouring of support has come to the family of Sullivan County resident Shaniece Harris, who went missing in 2017 at the age of 31. For eight years, her loved ones lived without answers until federal prosecutors announced earlier this year that she was the victim of a homicide.  In June, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Dwayne Johnson, 46, of Monticello, was charged in connection with Harris’s …
Repeat ‘Poison Peddler’ Caught With Cocaine, Fentanyl In Newburgh, Deerpark Pleads Guilty: DA Repeat ‘Poison Peddler’ Caught With Cocaine, Fentanyl In Newburgh, Deerpark Pleads Guilty: DA
Repeat ‘Poison Peddler’ Caught With Cocaine, Fentanyl In Newburgh, Deerpark Pleads Guilty: DA A 39-year-old repeat drug dealer is facing a decade behind bars after being caught twice with cocaine and fentanyl in Orange County, prosecutors announced.   On Monday, Sept. 15, 39-year-old Joshua Conklin of Port Jervis admitted to two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Thursday, Sept. 18.  The charges stem from two separate incidents. According to court documents, the first occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2024, when Town of Newburgh Police stopped Conklin’s vehicle on…
$48 Million Worth Of Marijuana, THC Seized In Warren County: NJSP $48 Million Worth Of Marijuana, THC Seized In Warren County: NJSP
$48 Million Worth Of Marijuana, THC Seized In Warren County: Njsp Two Texas residents were arrested and charged after more than $48 million worth of marijuana, THC and THC/cannabis products were seized from a truck in Warren County, authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 17. On Wednesday, Sept. 10,  the Mobile Safe Freight Unit conducted a commercial vehicle inspection on I-78 East in Greenwich Township, Warren County, on a tractor-trailer operated by Vethanayagam Venches, New Jersey State Police said. While conducting the inspection, the odor of marijuana was present along with indicators of trafficking activity, police said.  A subsequent…
2 Brothers Sold Fentanyl Disguised As Oxy, Stockpiled Weapons In Spring Valley: Police 2 Brothers Sold Fentanyl Disguised As Oxy, Stockpiled Weapons In Spring Valley: Police
2 Brothers Sold Fentanyl Disguised As Oxy, Stockpiled Weapons In Spring Valley: Police Two brothers will spend time in federal prison after a long-running investigation revealed they were selling fentanyl disguised as prescription pills while stockpiling firearms and ammunition in Rockland County, authorities announced. Spring Valley residents Jonathan Alvarez, 29, and Edwin Alvarez, 30, were both convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 11, to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the Spring Valley Police Department announced on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The case began in July 2…
Convicted Felon Swapped Cocaine For Stolen Guns At Firearm And Shoe Store In Upstate NY: DOJ Convicted Felon Swapped Cocaine For Stolen Guns At Firearm And Shoe Store In Upstate NY: DOJ
Convicted Felon Swapped Cocaine For Stolen Guns At Firearm And Shoe Store In Upstate NY: DOJ A Watervliet drug dealer admitted he traded cocaine for firearms stolen from a Hudson Falls gun shop, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Sept. 12. Kwahpreme Mitchell, 34, pled guilty to possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of firearms as a convicted felon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York in Albany. Mitchell admitted he received guns stolen from Calamity Jane’s Firearms and Fine Shoes in Hudson Falls during a burglary on Oct. 21, 2022. In exchange, he provided 150 grams of cocaine to accomplices J…
8 Accused Of Selling Crack Cocaine Across Spring Valley, Nyack, Haverstraw, DA Says 8 Accused Of Selling Crack Cocaine Across Spring Valley, Nyack, Haverstraw, DA Says
8 Accused Of Selling Crack Cocaine Across Spring Valley, Nyack, Haverstraw, DA Says A months-long investigation into crack cocaine sales in Rockland County has led to the arrests of eight people, prosecutors announced.  The six-month probe targeted drug activity in the Village of Nyack, Village of Spring Valley, and Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Friday, Sept. 12.  The names of the suspects who were indicted, arrested, and arraigned on charges of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, were announced as:  Maurice “Rich” Jones,…
LSD, Ketamine Shipped From Netherlands Intercepted In Philly: CBP LSD, Ketamine Shipped From Netherlands Intercepted In Philly: CBP
LSD, Ketamine Shipped From Netherlands Intercepted In Philly: CBP Customs agents in Philadelphia are continuing to crack down on drugs smuggled through international mail, with their latest seizure uncovering a powerful hallucinogenic and a dangerous animal sedative, officials announced on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The bust happened over two days in mid-August when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspected three envelopes arriving from the Netherlands. Inside each was a clear bag of white crystals that tested positive for ketamine hydrochloride, a controlled substance commonly known on the street as “Special K.” In one envelope, officers also found…
Baltimore Cops Bag Kilo Of Fentanyl, Ghost Gun In Neighborhood Raid: Police Baltimore Cops Bag Kilo Of Fentanyl, Ghost Gun In Neighborhood Raid: Police
Baltimore Cops Bag Kilo Of Fentanyl, Ghost Gun In Neighborhood Raid: Police More than $1 million worth of fentanyl is off the streets in Maryland following a month-long investigation led by the Baltimore Police Department. The agency announced on Wednesday, Sept. 10, that members of the department's Southwest District Action Team seized "a significant amount of narcotics," cash, and weapons during a recent seizure. According to police, the investigation focused on the Wilkens Avenue and Dover Street area of the Carrollton Ridge neighborhood. On Thursday, Sept. 4, investigators say that detectives and officers executed search warrants at two homes in the …