Snack Stand Drug Dealer, Teaneck Shooter Charged in Englewood Sweep, Police Say
Chief says 18 charged with crimes including drugs, illegal gambling.
Authorities have charged 18 people from around the region as part of a months long investigation into drug sales, gambling and violent crime in the Englewood-area. One of those nabbed in the sweep was a seasonal parks worker who was dealing ecstasy from a concession stand in Englewood's Mackay Park, City Police Chief Arthur O'Keefe said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. City resident Shameeka Drakeford, 29, sold "mollies," a pure form of ecstasy, in a park busy with children, police said. Also charged were alleged Teaneck drug dealers Durelle Whitening and his Cedar Lane neighbor, 31-year-old Anthony Trumpet. Whitening, 28, was the gunman in a Sept. 9 shooting incident in Teaneck, according to the county prosecutor's office. …
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Chrisetta
1:09 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
This is sad. I know a two of these folks. U play u gotta pay. more ›