A Long Branch man has pleaded guilty and admitted to supplying a lethal drug concoction to a fellow inmate at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold.
A Manasquan man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to his role in a drug trafficking organization dealing cocaine and fentanyl analogs.
A Manchester Township resident is looking at a sentence of up to life in prison after being charged with running a drug trafficking operation of some pretty hard narcotics.
There are four alleged drug dealers responsible for 39 overdoses -- 22 of which were fatal -- in Stafford Township and south in Atlantic County who are now behind bars following an lengthy investigation.
For the second time in the last week a toddler at the Jersey Shore has overdosed on drugs found in their home, fortunately though, in this latest case a 2-year-old in Wall Township was revived.
A Perth Amboy man could very well be in prison until the year 2063 after pleading guilty to serving as the Drug Kingpin of a massive operation dealing heroin, fentanyl, and meth out of the Bronx, New York.
While most overdose deaths in New Jersey steam primarily from fentanyl, one association says the state has been a leader in trying to combat the issue.