Opioids
ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR TYNER THANKS SHORE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR DONATION TO SUPPORT NARCAN INITIATIVE
Ron Johnson, CEO Shore Medical Center 100 Medical Center Way Somers Point, NJ 08244 Re: Narcan Initiative Dear Ron: On behalf of the residents of Atlantic County, I want to thank you and the Board of Trustees for partnering with the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office in an effort to save lives, specifically …
DRUG RELATED DEATH INVESTIGATION SQUAD CHARGES 13 WITH STRICT LIABILITY DRUG INDUCED DEATH IN ITS FIRST YEAR
MAYS LANDING- The Strict Liability for Drug Induced Death statute was enacted in 1987. Over 28 years, from 1988 to 2016, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office brought 16 charges under the Strict Liability for Drug Induced Death statute and saw 10 convictions. Since August 2017, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has charged 13 individuals with …
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 …
EHT MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF 3 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN, OPERATING DRUG PRODUCTION FACILITY
MAYS LANDING –An Egg Harbor Township man was sentenced on multiple drug charges including possession of approximately three kilograms of heroin and also maintaining and operating a drug production facility, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Friday, May 18, 2018, before Judge John R. Rauh, Ismael Martinez, 33, was sentenced 15 years in …
ATLANTIC COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT NARCAN DEPLOYMENTS, 2015-2018
MAYS LANDING — The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office NARCAN directive for all county law enforcement officers to carry and administer Narcan has been in operation since mid-December 2017. January 2018 was the first full month of the funded program to equip all county police officers with the opiate overdose antidote Naloxone—also known as NARCAN, Atlantic …
GALLOWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LEADER OF A NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NETWORK, WEAPONS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING— A Galloway Township man has pleaded guilty to Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network and Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Person, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Ameer Stephens, 36, of Galloway Township, pleaded guilty Thursday, March 29, 2018, before Judge Bernard DeLury to first-degree Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking …
SUSPENDED DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG DISTRIBUTION CHARGES
MAYS LANDING- A suspended doctor has pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges, along with additional defendants who admitted their roles in the crime, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Friday, February 9, 2018, Alan Faustino, 50, of Absecon, pleaded guilty to 2nd degree Distribution of CDS, OxyContin, admitting to his role …
10 ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR STRICT- LIABILITY HOMICIDES, DRUGS & WEAPONS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING- On February 1, 2018, an Atlantic County Grand Jury handed up an indictment of 10 additional individuals, 6 of them connected to 3 strict liability homicides for the deaths of Hector Santos, William S. Ang, and Caroline Boothby, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. “Drug dealers should be aware that if you …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN INDICTED FOR 3 STRICT- LIABILITY HOMICIDES, DRUG & WEAPONS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING- On February 1, 2018, an Atlantic County Grand Jury handed up an indictment of a Mays Landing man for 3 strict liability homicides, drugs and weapons charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. “Drug dealers should be aware that if they sell drugs that cause the deaths of others, they will be …