Crime & Safety
Four Face Drug Charges After Selling Oxycodone to Undercover Detective
The four suspects, ranging in age from 18 to 29, were arrested in Elmwood Park Monday.
Authorities say four individuals from Passaic County were arrested after selling Oxycodone pills to undercover detectives in Bergen County.
According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, Sophia Treich, 18, and Anthony Jimenez, 24, both of Totowa, distributed Oxycodone pills and Xanax bars to an undercover detective from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force in Paramus earlier this month.
The same detective then made arrangements to purchase Oxycodone pils from Jimenez in Elmwood Park on March 16 and arrested Jimenez, along with co-conspirators Sophia Treich, Anthony Mangione, 21, of Little Falls, and the alleged Oxycodone supplier Anthony Ferguson, 29, of Paterson.
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Authorities seized suspected Oxycodone pills and found Mangione was also in possession of suspected marijuana. The total value of the drugs seized was estimated at $450, Molinelli said.
Jimenez and Treich were each charged with one count of distribution of controlled dangerous substances, namely Oxycodone and Xanax, and possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely Oxycodone.
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Ferguson was charged with one count of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely Oxycodone, while Mangione was charged with one count each of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, namely Oxycodone, and possession of marijuana under 50 grams.
Bail was set at $25,000 with a 10 percent cash option for each of the defendants, who were all remanded to the Bergen County Jail after processing.
Pictured - Top row: Anthony Jimenez and Sophia Treich; Bottom row: Anthony Mangione and Anthony Ferguson
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