Crime Correspondent: Camden

Nine Trey Headbusta street gang Busted

Arrested 10 members of the Nine Trey Headbusta street gang, a violent set of the Bloods that has been dealing large quantities of crack cocaine and heroin in the Broadway Avenue business district of Camden. The arrests resulted from a six-month 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 Headbusta set, which has direct ties to Philadelphia, has utilized violence and intimidation to protect its turf in Camden, including Broadway Avenue and Stevens and Benson Streets All 10 defendants, two of whom are juveniles, are from Camden. Six defendants were arrested on Friday, and four were arrested in November. Three men, Juan Vargas, 24, Nathaniel Clay, 30, and Dionoco Adams, 26, were arrested on Nov. 29 on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a first-degree offense, as a result of the investigation. No details of the alleged murder plot are being released at this time. Javiel Ford, 20, was arrested on Nov. 30 on drug charges. A full list of defendants and charges is included below. Vargas, who was free on bail after his November arrest, was wounded Thursday night in a shooting and taken to Cooper University Hospital. Vargas, an alleged leader of the Headbusta set, was charged Friday with leading a narcotics trafficking network and racketeering, both first-degree offenses. Clay, Adams and Ford, who remained jailed after their November arrests, also face new charges, including first-degree racketeering. A total of eight defendants were charged Friday with first-degree racketeering. First-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Search warrants executed on November 29 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. These defendants have been arrested on the following charges: â€¢ Juan Vargas, 24. Conspiracy to Commit Murder (1st degree), Leader of Narcotics Trafficking Network (1st degree), Racketeering (1st degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Nathaniel Clay, 30. Conspiracy to Commit Murder (1st degree), Racketeering (1st degree), Employing a Juvenile in a Drug Distribution Scheme (2nd degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Cocaine (3rd degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Dionico Adams, 26. Conspiracy to Commit Murder (1st degree), Racketeering (1st degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Kenneth Hands, 30. Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Hector Archeval, 20. Racketeering (1st degree), Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Heroin (3rd degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree), Possession of Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Keith Jones, 40. Racketeering (1st degree), Distributing Heroin Within 500 Feet of Certain Public Property (2nd degree), Distribution of Heroin (3rd degree), Possession of Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ Jose Vargas, 22. Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute Within 1,000 Feet of a School (3rd degree), Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute (3rd degree), Possession of Marijuana (4th degree). â€¢ Javiel Ford, 20. Aggravated Assault (2nd degree), Possession of Heroin Within 500 Feet of Certain Public Property (2nd degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ A Juvenile Male, 16. Racketeering (1st degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). â€¢ A Juvenile Male, 17. Racketeering (1st degree), Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute or Dispense Heroin (3rd degree). The charges filed are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. First-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $200,000 fine, while second-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $150,000 fine. Third-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

Nine Trey Headbusta street gang Busted

Arrested 10 members of the Nine Trey Headbusta street gang, a violent set of the Bloods that has been dealing large quantities of crack coca...

Ahmed Judge,Jevon Lewis, Mack Jones

Ahmed Judge, 31, Jevon Lewis, 33, and Mack Jones, 35. They are the last of seven men indicted in 2006 on charges of running a continuing criminal enterprise beginning in 1993 on Atlantic Avenue in South Camden. The sidewalk drug market generated such traffic among buyers that some members of the organization had to direct traffic, Carrig said. Judge and Lewis also are charged with a using a gun and carrying out the October 2001 murder of Kenneth Fussell, shot three times as he was unlocking the door to his apartment on Chelton Avenue. The federal prosecutors said they will show Morales deducted $50,000 from a debt Lewis owed him for delivery of drugs to cover the killing. Lewis then subcontracted the killing to Judge without knowledge of Morales, Carrig said. Judge also faces state charges for the murder. With almost no concrete evidence -- no wiretaps, no surveillance photographs, no hand-to-hand sales of drugs -- federal prosecutors are hoping to get convictions primarily with Morales' testimony. Morales' guilty plea to charges that could mean seven life terms if he had not struck a plea bargain, was secret until less than a year ago. Morales struck such fear among his underlings, investigators have said, that none of the co-defendants were willing to plead guilty, fearing retaliation but not aware he had made his own deal with the U.S. Attorney. The three defense attorneys raised questions at the preview of the government's case, challenging Morales' credibility and the lack of such basic prosecutor's tools as fingerprints on the handgun used to kill Fussell. David Rudenstein, representing Lewis, acknowledged that his client made his living selling drugs, but said he was just one of dozens of street-corner dealers who purchased their supply from Morales. That supply came from New York and Arizona, all attorneys agreed. Morales was so proud of the quality of his cocaine, said Justin Loughry, attorney for Mack Jones, that he killed one dealer in April 2001 because he represented a lower-quality drug as coming from Morales. Loughry said Morales, whose whereabouts are being kept secret by federal agents, has been "cleaned up" by the prosecution. "He will try not to sound like a thug. He will try to convince you he's honest and sincere, a changed man with a commitment to tell the truth," said Loughry. But as soon as Morales was released from state prison in 2002 after serving a sentence for drug conspiracy, Loughry said, he violated his parole by contracting murders and consulting with his suppliers. "He was selling drugs and murdering people in Camden, going to counseling and therapy as a condition of parole. He's a consummate expert at telling lies," said Loughry of Morales. Rocco Cipparone, attorney for Judge, said that while ballistics tests show the gun used to kill Fussell was found by police in a field 30 yards from where Judge was hiding several blocks minutes after the shooting, they cannot put the gun in Judge's hand. Judge told police he was hiding because he had been shot at that night. The trial is expected to last at least six weeks.

Ahmed Judge,Jevon Lewis, Mack Jones

Ahmed Judge, 31, Jevon Lewis, 33, and Mack Jones, 35. They are the last of seven men indicted in 2006 on charges of running a continuing cri...