Tweeten said kids can’t wear gang colors or flash gang signs, and they can’t listen to rap music. When the kids got into trouble in the past, they couldn’t find jobs, she said. “The kids have a lot of responsibility.”įort Morgan probation officer Dawn Hayes said the workforce center has helped gang members who get caught up in drug dealing and commit assaults with weapons. “The program intervenes in those kids’ lives early on,” Mares said. Mares recently visited the store and spoke with each youth individually. The program caught the attention of state officials, including Don Mares, director of the Office of Labor and Employment, who said he has recommended it to many colleagues at national conventions. The grant pays wages to kids who stock the thrift store shelves and operate the register. Kirschmar’s wife, Michelle Soriano, is a doctor at the clinic.
Money collected at the store helps families of the children, said Kevin Kirschmar, president of the Women’s Clinic of the Plains. The kids helped paint and carpet the building.Īt Tweeten’s request, the thrift store is run by the Baby Foundation, a nonprofit group that helps children with life- threatening illnesses. The sheriff’s detective and the State Police K-9 received medical attention for their wounds.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīeginning in 2005, a grant enabled young people between the ages of 14 and 21 to work at a city animal shelter.Ī second, later grant helped the group create the thrift store in a dilapidated old garage.
Gonzalez was issued a summons for possession of CDS and released in his own recognizance. She was, however, lodged at the county jail on an outstanding warrant issued by the East Orange municipal court. Hardy was charged with two counts of possession of CDS and issued a summons. Santiago was also charged with possession of narcotics paraphernalia and he was lodged at the county jail. Santiago was charged with three counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of CDS with intent to distribute and possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of Dr. The estimated street value of the narcotics is $40,000. “In executing the search warrant, the task force discovered 182 grams of heroin, 50 grams of cocaine, 16 grams of marijuana and a wide assortment of drug packaging and processing materials throughout Santiago’s apartment,” Fontoura noted. Santiago, who was in violation of his federal parole status and in contempt of a recent Superior Court order, was detained along with Kimberly Hardy, 38, and Michael Gonzales, 27, both of whom are residents of the building. “In addition, one of our sheriff’s detectives was bitten multiple times by the uncontrolled pitbull.”Īs a result of the attacks, a member of the task force was forced to fire one fatal shot at the animal.
“After surrounding the residence and announcing our presence, an unleashed pitbull in Santiago’s apartment attacked and seriously mauled a State Police K-9,” Sheriff Fontoura said. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force was armed with an arrest warrant for Icxandro ‘King Dro’ Santiago, 38, and a search warrant for his first-floor apartment at 328 North 7 th Street. Newark – A high ranking member of the Almighty Latin Kings street gang and two other suspects were arrested in a pre-dawn raid today on multiple drug charges at a North Ward Newark residence by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives, New Jersey State Police troopers and federal agents from the United States Marshals Service. Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105
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