Parsippany Man Funneled Heroin Into Morris County For A Year: Attorney General

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A Parsippany man and four other co-conspirators allegedly took part in a drug trafficking ring for nearly a year that distribute heroin into Paterson, Morris County, and other suburbs in New York, United States Attorney General Paul Fishman said.

Edward Stanel, 25, of Parsippany was arrested this week along with Charlie Rodriguez, 32, of Paterson; Reinaldo Rodriguez, 27, of Paterson; Victor Alvarez Martinez, 26, of Bronx; and Joseph Trimarco, 28, of Stony Point, New York and were all charged with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, Fishman said.

Authorities said from June 2015 to May 2016, the defendants participated in a drug trafficking organization that “amassed wholesale quantities of heroin at multiple locations in and around the Bronx and used couriers to deliver large quantities of that heroin to mid-level drug dealers operating in and around Paterson. The heroin was either sold in the Paterson area or re-distributed to street-level drug dealers in suburban areas, including but not limited to, Morris County, New Jersey and Rockland County, New York.”

Stanel acted as the point man and main distributor to “street-level” dealers in Morris County, Fishman said.

If convicted, Stanel could face a minimum of 10 years in prison with a maximum potential of a life sentence and maximum $10 million fine, Fishman said.