Veterans charged with dealing drugs to patients at New Jersey VA Hospital

7 Veterans Accused of Dealing Heroin, Cocaine to Patients in 2 New Jersey Veterans Hospitals:
Feds
Federal prosecutors say the defendants used their access to the buildings to supply fellow veterans with dangerous drugs
NBC New York
By Jonathan Dienst, Joe Valiquette and Brian Thompson
Tuesday, Jul 9, 2013

Seven veterans with access to two Veterans Administration Hospitals in New Jersey are accused of dealing heroin and cocaine to patients being treated at the facilities, including some who were seeking help for addiction, federal prosecutors said.

The FBI and investigators from the VA inspector general's office arrested five of the men at the veterans hospital in Lyons Tuesday morning; one man was arrested at the facility in East Orange and another was taken into custody at his home.

The seven men, all of whom live in New Jersey and range in age from 31 to 66, are charged in separate criminal complaints with a range of counts, including supplying heroin, cocaine and hydromorphone to patients at the hospitals, prosecutors said. Five of the suspects worked in various capacities at the two hospitals.
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