36 Charged with Racketeering in Indictment that Targeted Camden Latin Street Gang | cnbnews.net

TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that the Division of Criminal Justice today obtained a state grand jury indictment charging 36 defendants – including the two top leaders, six upper-level managers, and 28 other associates, street-level managers and dealers – with first-degree racketeering, as alleged participants in a major narcotics network with ties to the Ñetas street gang that was dealing large quantities of heroin in the area of 4th and Royden Streets in Camden.The indictment stems from Operation Billboard, an investigation led by the Division of Criminal Justice, with assistance from the Camden Police Department, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, New Jersey State Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Most of the defendants were arrested when the agencies took down the ring beginning on May 30, 2012. The indictment was returned on Jan. 9, but sealed until today pending efforts to arrest certain additional defendants.