Acting AG Bruck Announces Indictment of 15 Alleged Gang Members

Six handguns, 800 rounds of ammunition, and six large-capacity magazines seized in “Operation Park and Pennington”

PATERSON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced the indictment of 16 alleged drug dealers linked to the “400 Block” set who allegedly armed themselves with guns and illegal large-capacity magazines to defend their open-air drug markets from rival gangs.

The Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau obtained a state grand jury indictment on Thursday, Oct. 28, charging alleged members and associates of the “400 Block” set. Fifteen are charged with first-degree racketeering.

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