92.7 WOBM News Flash Briefing: August 16 9AM

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The lid is ripped off an alleged heroin network stretching from New York to the shore, and federal agents arrest 11 defendants while they search for a 12th.

Miguel Susana of the Bronx is accused of supplying James Smith of Toms River and Quadree Hubbard of Paterson.

Others in the indictment are from six shore towns, from Freehold to Stafford.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome claimed the lives of about 16-hundred babies nationwide in 2015, and those parents will never know why.

The rate in new jersey is a better one, but it remains the leading cause of infant mortality from one month to one year…

One of the first moves Shore Town Baseball has made as new owners of the Lakewood BlueClaws is naming a new team president and general manager.

Joe Ricciutti whose resume features stints as GM and Team President of the New York Yankees Single-A affiliate, the Staten Island Yankees says he’ll give the same instructions to BlueClaws skipper Marty Malloy he did to his manager in Staten Island….to be cognizant of the fact someone’s always watching.

“I’m not going to be the guy in the dugout whispering in your ear what you should do or shouldn’t do,” said Ricciutti. “But I will be the guy making sure that whatever it is that you do, there will be a stadium full of people watching.”

He says that includes the fans but also sponsors.