Craig Gialanella, 54, an Essex County doctor from North Caldwell was arrested and charged along with 17 other alleged drug dealers from Atlantic County for distributing tens of thousands of high-dose oxycodone pain pills.
Gialanella and his band of drug dealers are now 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
N.J. doctor fueled painkiller pipeline down Garden State Parkway, AG says
(reported by NJ.com July 19 2017)
Patients would travel long distances to see “Dr. G,” driving more than 100 miles up the Garden State Parkway to his medical practice in Belleville, authorities claim.
He allegedly made it worth the trip, writing painkiller prescriptions two to five at a time and renewing them every month. In 2016 alone, according to New Jersey’s attorney general, Craig Gialanella wrote 413 prescriptions for approximately 50,000 pills in the names of 30 people from Atlantic County.
Gialanella, 53, was arrested this week on drug distribution charges along with 16 others after a state investigation dubbed Operation Oxy Highway determined they had created an oxycodone pipeline down the parkway.
His arrest comes as authorities in New Jersey grapple with a spiraling overdose death rate fueled in large part by the illicit trade in prescription drugs. State officials say eight out of 10 heroin addicts in the Garden State started out as opioid prescription patients.
“Doctors who hand out illegal prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers are no better than street corner drug dealers,” state Attorney General Christopher Porrino said at a Wednesday press conference announcing the arrests.
Reached by phone, Gialanella, who was released pending court proceedings, said he had “no comment” before hanging up on a reporter. His attorney could not be reached.
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.
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