Mark Frye, the primary supplier of heroin for a violent Atlantic City street gang is sentenced for 13 years in Prison. The Paterson man pleaded guilty for distributing more than one kilogram of heroin.
According to the Daily Progress, Fry worked with another man to run their sophisticated drug operation in an apartment complex located in Paterson. These men supply heroin to "Dirty Block," a violent street gang that uses threats and intimidation to maintain control over the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City.
Press of Atlantic City reported that Frye, 36, was working with Maurice Thomas, 34, to run their drug-distribution business from the Presidential Towers apartment complex located in Paterson. Frye was arrested by the authorities in February 2013, after 200 bricks of heroin were found in the car he was driving. That would amount to 10,000 packers, since a brick is worth 50 packets of heroin. He bailed out from those charges, but was arrested again after a month as FBI's investigation led to the charge of three dozen other people. Thomas also pleaded guilty for distributing heroin in September 2014, and is now waiting for his sentence.
The FBI led a six-month investigation on Frye, where the authorities gained access to phone calls and text messages between Mark Frye and Mykal Derry, the leader of Dirty Block.
Galloway Patch wrote that US Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced January 7 that Mykal Derry, a.k.a. "Koose" was sentenced to life in prison for weapons charges and drug conspiracy. The 35-year-old gang leader was previously convicted of heroin charges. His brother, Malik Derry, was also convicted of the same offenses as his brother. The 24-year-old is now awaiting sentencing.
According to documents "Dirty Block" controls the drug trafficking operations in the areas of Stanley Holmes public housing complex, Brown's Park, and the areas surrounding it. Mykal Derry will still be tried in the Atlantic County Superior Court for a separate murder charge.
