Edwin Gomez, 31 and Steven Torres, 24, both of Brooklyn, and Steven Rodriguez, 22, of Queens, were all arrested in Atlantic City when authorities learned that they were attempting to deliver almost 8 pounds of fentanyl-laced heroin.
All three men were charged with first-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute, second-degree conspiracy to distribute heroin and second-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute within 500 feet of the Atlantic City Boardwalk. They face decades in prison if convicted of all charges.
Gomez, Torres, and Rodriguez were all released and FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform guidelines after the “Pretrial Risk Assessment” tool determined that they were not a danger to the community or a flight risk and therefore should not be subject to any accountable release – just a “promise” to appear.
Another “validated pretrial risk assessment” Failure.
New Jersey Bail Reform, Risk Assessments, and Pretrial Release Services…
- ZERO Accountability
- ZERO Deterrent
- ZERO Supervision
- ZERO concern for victims
- ZERO Bail…just a “pinky promise” to return
- Bail Reform – Dangerous, Reckless, and a Taxpayer Burden
3 drug traffickers caught with $1M in heroin, authorities say
(incident report by NJ.com – June 20 2017)
Three New York City men were arrested after being caught with $1 million in fentanyl-laced heroin in an Atlantic City parking lot, authorities said.
Edwin Gomez, 31 and Steven Torres, 24, both of Brooklyn, and Steven Rodriguez, 22, of Queens, were planning to deliver 7.7 pounds of heroin to a location on the beach block of St. James Place when they were taken into custody about 1 p.m. on Thursday, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday.
Authorities learned that drug traffickers were shipping heroin from Mexico City to New York City, some of which was then delivered to Atlantic City, officials said.
The heroin was seized from the trunk of a car, officials said. It’s valued at $300,000 if sold in bulk or about $1 million if cut, packaged and sold on the street, according to the attorney general’s office.
All three men face charges of first-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute, second-degree conspiracy to distribute heroin and second-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute within 500 feet of the Atlantic City Boardwalk. They face decades in prison if convicted of all charges.
You’ve been LIED to New Jersey…NJ Bail Reform is RECKLESS, DANGEROUS, and YOU are PAYING for it.
Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
https://www.usbailreform.com/nj-judiciary-aclu-claim-bail-reform-success-using-number-releases-incomplete-statistics/