Officers began an investigation after receiving numerous community complaints regarding potential drug sales and loitering in the area, according to a Hoboken police spokesperson.
Detectives conducted extensive surveillance operations using unmarked vehicles and plainclothes officers, resulting in several arrests over several weeks, according to authorities.
Nine of those arrested are facing more serious charges for controlled dangerous substance distribution within 500 feet of public housing and 1,000 feet of a school. These individuals include:
• 36-year-old Michael Bates of Hoboken
• 30-year-old Julian Braxton of Hoboken
• 23-year-old Jaden Crandell of Hoboken
• 44-year-old Tyrone Miles of Hoboken
• 30-year-old Jordan Perez of Jersey City
• 30-year-old Spencer Perez of Hoboken
• 49-year-old Jamal Pittman of Hoboken
• 25-year-old Raffaelle Spadavecchia of Hoboken
• 20-year-old Justin Villafane of Hoboken
Police also arrested and charged fifteen other individuals with lesser charges, such as possession of CDS., including:
• 61-year-old Michael Dubreuil of Jersey City
• 25-year-old Luis Dutan-Pinguil of West New York
• 51-year-old Marcus Jackson of Jersey City
• 25-year-old Calvesia King of Hoboken
• 59-year-old Richard Medina of Jersey City
• 55-year-old Antonio Melendez of Hoboken
• 48-year-old Jose Mongon of Hoboken
• 30-year-old Edgar Najera of Hoboken
• 26-year-old Jose Najera of Hoboken
• 50-year-old Phillip Realpe of Jersey City
• 62-year-old Anthony Rhodes of Hoboken
• 55-year-old John Robles of Hoboken
• 37-year-old Otoniel Roman of Union City
• 63-year-old Domingo Santiago of Hoboken
• 29-year-old Jacob Smith of Hoboken
During the arrests, police seized 35.6 grams of crack cocaine and 105.6 grams of heroin, as well as $688 in cash, cops claimed.