More Passaic Street crew members plead guilty under federal prosecution
TRENTON » More members affiliated with a Passaic Street drug-trafficking organization have pleaded guilty to felony charges.
City man Prince Sarnoe, 30, appeared in Trenton federal court on Friday and confessed to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon while India Daniels, 24, of Morrisville, Pa., admitted she knowingly and intentionally had conspired and agreed with others to distribute heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.
In December 2016, Sarnoe, Daniels, and eight other Passaic Street crew members were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute heroin. The complaint referred to the drug-trafficking organization as the “Abdullah DTO,” which was named after its selfconfessed leader, 27-yearold Ishmael Abdullah. Since December, eight of the 10 defendants, including Sarnoe, Daniels and Abdullah, have pleaded guilty in the case.
Underlings of the Abdullah DTO participated in the conspiracy to sell large quantities of heroin from May 2015 through December 2016 in the area of Spring and Passaic streets in Trenton. Daniels participated in the conspiracy for several weeks from October 2016 till the feds busted the organization last December. Sarnoe admitted he unlawfully possessed a Smith & Wesson firearm from October 2016 till about November 2016.
The firearms charge to which Sarnoe pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to the feds. The conspiracy charge to which Daniels pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Sentencing for both defendants is set for Jan. 5, 2018.