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TRENTON
– Attorney General Paula T. Dow and
Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor
announced that a member of the Nine Trey
Headbustas street gang in Camden was sentenced
to prison today for conspiring to murder
a gang member.
According
to Director Taylor, Dionicio Adams, 29,
of Camden, was sentenced to 12 years in
state prison by Superior Court Judge Samuel
D. Natal in Camden County. He must serve
more than 10 years without possibility of
parole under the No Early Release Act.
Adams
and Juan Vargas, 27, of Philadelphia, the
street commander of the gang, pleaded guilty
on June 7 to first-degree conspiracy to
commit murder. In pleading guilty, the men
admitted that they plotted to murder another
member of the gang, Nathaniel Clay, 33.
Investigators learned of the planned shooting
and arrested the men before it was carried
out.
Deputy
Attorney General Jill S. Mayer prosecuted
the case for the Division of Criminal Justice
Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau and represented
the state at the sentencing.
Vargas
and Adams were indicted on July 8, 2008,
along with the gang’s top leader,
Michael Anderson, and 12 other alleged gang
members. 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 on Stevens
and Benson Streets in Camden. All of the
defendants named in indictment have pleaded
guilty, with the exception of Anderson,
who is incarcerated in New Jersey State
Prison in Trenton.
Anderson,
38, holds the title of “Original Original
Gangster (OOG)” or “Godfather”
of this faction of the Bloods and allegedly
exercised leadership authority from prison.
Vargas was the hands-on leader of the set’s
drug operations. Adams was one of three
“street supervisors” for the
gang. The other two, Nathaniel Clay, and
Hector Archival, 22, both of Camden, previously
pleaded guilty to racketeering charges.
Anderson
is charged with, among other crimes, being
a leader of a narcotics trafficking network,
which carries a sentence of 25 years to
life in prison, as well as conspiracy to
commit murder. The charges against him are
merely accusations and he is presumed innocent
until proven guilty.
Vargas,
Adams and Clay were arrested on Nov. 29,
2007, as a result of the investigation.
Participating agencies executed search warrants
on that date which resulted in the seizure
of approximately 500 bags of heroin, about
3 pounds of marijuana, approximately 2.5
ounces of crack cocaine, two handguns and
roughly $10,000 in cash.
Attorney
General Dow credited Sgt. Richard M. Carlin,
Deputy Attorney General Mayer and former
Deputy Attorney General Christopher St.
John for coordinating the investigation
for the New Jersey Division of Criminal
Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau.
Deputy Attorney General Mayer presented
the case to the state grand jury. Attorney
General Dow also credited the following
members of the HIDTA Joint Camden Task Force
for conducting and assisting in the investigation:
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Camden County Prosecutor’s Office
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Camden City Police Department
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Camden County Sheriffs Department
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New Jersey State Police
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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U.S. Marshals Service
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Municipal Task Force Alliance
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National Guard
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