One of the heads of a widespread heroin ring that plagued Ocean and Monmouth Counties, and elsewhere, for four years, faces a possible 12-year sentence for admitting his role.
TRENTON - The Asbury Park man identified by investigators as a main cog in a heroin distribution machine that pumped the drug throughout Ocean and Monmouth Counties for almost four years awaits trial on a federal conspiracy charge.
The defendant accused of pumping massive amounts of heroin and cocaine to the notorious Britt-Young Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), which blanketed Ocean and Monmouth Counties, might spend decades in prison when he is sentenced in August.
The collapse of the Britt-Young drug empire that flooded Ocean, Monmouth and other New Jersey counties with heroin in 2013 and 2014 continues, with sentencing of two more alleged members.
A Farmingdale man's admission of involvement with the Britt-Young DTO operation that authorities say moved mountains of heroin through Ocean and Monmouth Counties brings the number of guilty pleas to 17 of the original 21 arrestees.
The man suspected of fueling the Britt-Young DTO drug network in Ocean and Monmouth Counties could spend anywhrere from 10 years to life in prison if he's convicted of the most serious of five federal charges.
A Beachwood suspect in a large-scale drug trafficking probe faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting a role in spreading heroin throughout Ocean and Monmouth Counties.
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.