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For Immediate Release:  
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October 15, 2008  

Peter Aseltine
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Anne Milgram, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Deborah L. Gramiccioni, Director

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Newark Man Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Cocaine Charge

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TRENTON – A Newark man pleaded guilty today to a first-degree cocaine charge as a result of an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau that led to his arrest with more than five ounces of cocaine last November, Attorney General Anne Milgram announced.

Adrian Hernandez, 32, of Newark, pleaded guilty today to first-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute before Superior Court Judge Michael A. Petrolle in Essex County.

Hernandez was indicted by a state grand jury on May 2. Under the plea agreement, Hernandez faces a state prison sentence of seven years, with 25 months of parole ineligibility. Judge Petrolle scheduled his sentencing for Dec. 19.

Supervising Deputy Attorney General Lauren Scarpa-Yfantis, deputy chief of the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau, prosecuted the case and took today’s guilty plea. The investigation was led by Detective Louis Renshaw of the Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau.

On Nov. 28, 2007, detectives from the Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau stopped the SUV that Hernandez was driving in the area of Verona and Woodside avenues in Newark. The detectives searched the SUV after Essex County Sheriff’s Detective William Caldwell and his dog, Joe, conducted a canine search of the SUV. Hernandez was arrested after detectives discovered approximately 5.6 ounces of cocaine within a hidden compartment in the center console of the vehicle.

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