Two Ocean County men are among three defendants who today admitted roles in what prosecutors describe as a a widespread heroin ring that used the U.S. Postal Service to infiltrate Ocean, Monmouth and other counties in New Jersey.

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Richard Durham, 28, of Brick Township; Jamar Johnson, 35, also known as Rep, of Lakewood; and Anthony J. Brooks, 45, of San Bernadino, California, pleaded guilty to heroin distribution counts in Trenton, according to information fron New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman's office.

Durham's plea today was the last of the three. Johnson pleaded this past Monday, and Brooks entered his plea on November 24.

The three were among 18 suspects charged in a criminal complaint in March of this year against the organization known as Britt-Young DTO. The alleged leaders are Robert Britt, aka True; and Rufus Young, aka Equan, E-Money and Kintock.

Five have pleaded guilty, authorities said.

Brooks sent more than a kilogram of heroin and one and a half kilograms of cocaine by overland mail from California, between September 2013 and March 2014, to contacts who supplied the organization, authorities said.

Durham and Johnson face prison terms of up to 20 years and fines as high as $1,000,000. Brooks risks five to 40 years and up to $5,000,000 in fines. Johnson's sentencing is scheduled for March 9, 2015, and Durham's is planned for the following day. Brooks's sentencing is scheduled for March 2, 2015.

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