Sheriff's office investigators arrested four suspects following separate Wednesday undercover drug surveillance investigations in Newark and Bloomfield, officials say.
NEWARK -- County sheriff's officers arrested four suspects on drug-related charges following separate Wednesday surveillance investigations in Newark and Bloomfield, announced Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.
Khari Bradley, 19, of Montclair, and Nicholas Lawhorn, 27, of Paterson, both face charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance and other charges after sheriff's office detectives discovered them in possession of a bag filled with 700 envelopes of heroin, Fontoura said in a released statement.
Carlos Sanchez, 37 of Newark and Chelsea Caracozza, 32, also of Newark, were detained shortly after sheriff's detectives observed the two in an alleged cash-for-narcotics exchange near Broadway and Delavan Avenue in Newark, authorities said.
A third suspect, Juan Ruiz, 42, of Newark, was later found at the scene sitting in car authorities later discovered belonged to Sanchez. Ruiz was arrested after a search of the car turned up multiple illegal handguns, authorities said.
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Sanchez was charged with the unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and other, drug-related charges. Carcozza, who was found in possession of one vial of crack cocaine was issued a court summons for possession of a controlled dangerous substance and released in her own recognizance, authorities said.
Ruiz was found to be the subject of an open burglary warrant and remanded to custody at the county jail.
Jerrell Williams, age 30 of Newark, was arrested following a third surveillance investigation near Fabian Place and Hawthorne Avenue in Newark. According to investigators, Williams allegedly exchanged cash for vials of crack cocaine with William Drisdale, 57 of Andover.
Williams was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and multiple other drug-related charges, authorities said
Drisdale was issued summonses for the possession of a controlled dangerous substance and other charges, authorities said. He was released in his own recognizance and he will be arraigned at a later date, authorities said.
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