nj gangs

Two northern New Jersey street gang members involved in a drive-by shooting that killed an innocent bystander at a convenience store are now headed to prison.

Twenty eight people are facing a variety of charges following “Operation Blok Buster,” a major take-down of members of the violent 800 Blok street gang who were involved in dealing heroin and cocaine and committing homicides in the Back Maryland Avenue section of Atlantic City.

A Paterson man was sentenced today in connection with an August 2012 incident where police discovered his girlfriend locked in a bedroom at his home.

Dozens of criminal street gang members who allegedly used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City were arrested yesterday in pre-dawn raids.  Today, the Assembly Majority Leader says the bust shows the need for passage of gun control bills already passed by the full Assembly.

The leader of the Gangster Killer Bloods street gang in Trenton, New Jersey pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to a charge of aggravated manslaughter for ordering gang members to carry out a shooting in 2005 that caused the death of 22-year-old Sharee Voorhees, who was caught in gunfire while out on her porch.

Secret recordings played at the racketeering trial of once-prominent New Jersey defense attorney Paul Bergrin suggest he discussed killing witnesses and launching a global drug distribution network.

A Trenton man has admitted that he fatally shot a rival gang member in 2005.

A reputed gang member has been sentenced to 300 years in prison for the slayings of a woman and three teenage girls at a New Jersey home nearly four years ago.