Drug Trafficking

ATLANTIC COUNTY SELECTED AS HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA THROUGH FEDERAL HIDTA PROGRAM
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic County is the latest region to be assigned the designation of being a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) through the federally funded HIDTA program, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner and Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced today. “The Atlantic …

ATLANTIC COUNTY DESIGNATED AS HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA THROUGH FEDERAL HIDTA PROGRAM
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner, will be joined by the Drug Enforcement Administration, New Jersey Division, and local law enforcement officials, at a press conference on Tuesday, regarding the implementation in Atlantic County of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. The HIDTA program provides assistance to federal, state, local, …

EHT MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DRUG INDUCED DEATH OF MARGATE WOMAN
MAYS LANDING-Philip Eldred was sentenced to New Jersey state prison in connection to the 2017, drug induced death of a Margate woman, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Eldred, 30, of Egg Harbor Township was sentenced to the following: 1 count of first degree Strict Liability Drug Induced death of *Caroline Boothby on August 2, …

FERDINAND AUGELLO GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS FOR MURDER OF APRIL KAUFFMAN
MAYS LANDING—This afternoon an Atlantic County jury unanimously found Ferdinand Augello guilty in the murder of April Kauffman on May 10, 2012, racketeering and drug charges. “After six years and four and a half months a jury has found Ferdinand Augello guilty of all counts in connection with the murder of April Kauffman. While they …

PLEASANTVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING DRUG PRODUCTION FACILITY, MULTIPLE NARCOTICS CHARGES AFTER EXECUTION OF SEARCH WARRANT
MAYS LANDING- After the execution of a search warrant Thursday morning a Pleasantville man was arrested and charged with multiple narcotics charges, following a 5 week investigation by the ACPO Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit and the Galloway Township Police Department , Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Shawn Jackson, 33, of 215 B Ridgewood …

LEADER OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING NETWORK SENTENCED
MAYS LANDING – A 38 year-old man was sentenced for drug trafficking and multiple drug-related charges on Friday, July 6, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Frank Gulli was sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 18 years in New Jersey State Prison with 9 years parole ineligibility on the following charges: First degree Leader …

EGG HARBOR CITY MAN SENTENCED ON GUNS & NARCOTICS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING – An Egg Harbor City man was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to multiple drug charges, including, first degree Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Kenneth Burrell, 40, was sentenced before Judge Bernard DeLury to 24 years in a New Jersey state prison and must serve …

EHT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STRICT LIABILITY DRUG INDUCED DEATH IN CONNECTION TO MAN’S 2016 FATAL OVERDOSE
MAYS LANDING – An Egg Harbor Township man has pleaded guilty to first degree Strict Liability Drug Induced Death and first degree Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network after he was arrested during the execution of a search warrant in August at the Bayview Inn & Suites on Albany Avenue in Atlantic City, Atlantic County …

COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF LEADER OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING NETWORK
MAYS LANDING – A 38 year-old man pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and multiple drug-related charges on Monday, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Frank Gulli, who maintained residences in Egg Harbor Township, Brigantine, Somers Point and Margate, pleaded guilty to first degree Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network, second-degree Possession of Heroin and/or …

2 MEN PLEAD GUILTY, 1 SENTENCED ON GUNS & NARCOTICS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING – Over the past seven days two Egg Harbor City men pleaded guilty and one defendant was sentenced in connection to a March 16, 2017 motor vehicle stop that resulted in the seizure of firearms and narcotics, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. During the motor vehicle stop, which occurred in Mullica …