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TRENTON
- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal
Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced
that a Camden man was sentenced to state
prison today for directing the activities
of drug dealers for the Nine Trey Headbustas
set of the Bloods gang. He was charged as
a result of an investigation into the criminal
activities of the set in the Broadway area
of Camden.
According
to Director Taylor, Faquir Williamson, 32,
of Camden, was sentenced to 15 years in
prison, including seven years of parole
ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Samuel
D. Natal in Camden County. Williamson pleaded
guilty to first-degree racketeering on July
30, 2009.
In
pleading guilty, Williamson admitted that
he was an associate of the Bloods who supervised
dealers who sold heroin for the Nine Trey
Headbustas set. He admitted that he agreed
that members of the set would utilize violence,
if necessary, to protect the set from other
sellers invading their turf. Deputy Attorney
General Jill Mayer prosecuted the case and
handled the sentencing for the Division
of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized
Crime Bureau.
The
charges were contained in a July 8, 2008
state grand jury indictment obtained by
the Division of Criminal Justice. The indictment
charged 15 members and associates of the
Nine Trey Headbustas, including its two
alleged top leaders, Michael Anderson, 37,
who is incarcerated at Trenton State Prison,
and Juan Vargas, 26, of Philadelphia. Eleven
defendants have pleaded guilty. Charges
are pending against the others, including
Anderson and Vargas.
The
indictment resulted from a joint investigation
conducted by the New Jersey Division of
Criminal Justice and the High-Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Joint Camden
Task Force. The Nine Trey Headbustas set,
which has direct ties to Philadelphia, was
dealing large quantities of heroin on Broadway
Avenue and Stevens and Benson Streets in
Camden.
Sgt.
Richard M. Carlin, Deputy Attorney General
Mayer and former Deputy Attorney General
Christopher St. John coordinated the investigation
for the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs
& Organized Crime Bureau. The following
members of the HIDTA Joint Camden Task Force
conducted and assisted in the investigation:
Camden County Prosecutor’s Office,
Camden City Police Department, Camden County
Sheriff’s Office, New Jersey State
Police, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals
Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Municipal Task Force Alliance, National
Guard.
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