Heroin Supplier And Crack-Cocaine Distributor For The Grape Street Crips Gang Both Plead Guilty

NEWARK, N.J. (JULY 9, 2015)– Two drug suppliers for the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted distributing large quantities of heroin and crack-cocaine in and around Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

Toma Williams, a/k/a \”T-Dubbs,\” 38, and Jihad Coles, a/k/a \”Half Dead,\” 30, both of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judges Madeline Cox Arleo and Esther Salas, respectively, in Newark federal court. Williams pleaded guilty today to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. Coles pleaded guilty on July 8, 2015 to a separate information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack-cocaine.