Brick Township man sentenced in federal heroin probe

The collapse of an alleged shore-based heroin empire continues with sentencing of a Brick Township man who admitted his role in it.

Richard Durham, 28, was given a 46-month term and is the latest to be sentenced in the Britt-Young DTO saga. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervision after release.

Durham admitted distributing between 60 and 80 grams. His admission to a conspiracy count brings the number of guilty pleas to 15 out of the 20 suspects arrested when the probe broke open in March 2014.

Rufus Young of Asbury Park, who admitted his role May 14, awaits sentencing that could keep him behind bars for up to 40 years. Jamar Johnson of Lakewood was sentenced to 57 months within the past week.

Young and Robert Britt were suspected of heading the organization that spread heroin through Ocean and Monmouth Counties, and elsewhere in the Garden State.