For Immediate Release:
May 23, 2008
  
Contact:
Douglas S. Collier
Special Agent/
Public Information Officer, NJ Division
(973)776-1143 (Office)
(862) 849-9940 (Cell)
55 Alleged Essex County Gang Members, Associates Arrested in Raids
MAY 23 --  (Newark, NJ) Gerard P. McAleer, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division, and Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow announced today twenty members and associates of various street gangs were rounded up in early morning raids in Newark, Irvington, East Orange, and Orange. In addition, 35 gang-related fugitives are in custody as part of "Operation Spruce Up".