2 Big South Jersey Drug Rings Sold High-Dosage Oxycodone: FBI

SOUTH JERSEY — Federal authorities have dismantled two drug rings that sold high-dosage oxycodone pills in South Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on Tuesday. Sixteen people were arrested and two others remain at large.

Alfred Kee, aka “Malik,” aka “Curly,” 51 of Blackwood; Erick Bell, aka “E” 49 of Camden; and Rocco DePoder, aka “Rock,” 67 of Gloucester City, have been charged as the leaders of two separate rings that trafficked 60- and 80-mg oxycodone pills, among other drugs, according to documents filed in the case and statements made in court.

Kee and Bell are the accused leaders of an operation out of Camden, and DePoder has been charged with leading the operation out of Gloucester City.

DePoder obtained oxycodone, Adderall and Xanax, while Bell and Kee obtained oxycodone from their suppliers, according to authorities. They would purchase the drugs in their homes and locations in Lindenwold and Woodbury, according to authorities.

Bell and DePoder would take orders for pills over the telephone from others, and all three provided drugs to the rest of the people in the network, authorities said. They used coded language and multiple phones to hide their activities, authorities said.

Derrick Lewis, aka “Delvin Jones,” 47 of Camden, and Neal Thompson, 56 of Camden, remain at large, authorities said.

Kee, Bell, DePoder, Lewis, Thompson and the people listed below have been charged with conspiring to possess and distribute drugs:

• Michael DePoder, 40 of Gloucester City;
• Robert Pratt, 56 of Blackwood;
• Holly Clark, aka “Holly Granato,” 38 of West Deptford;
• Steven Walker, 49 of Camden;
• William Summers, aka “Uncle Butch,” aka “ Butch,” 67 of Camden;
• Maurice Williams, 39 of Mount Ephraim;
• Anwar Abdullah, 31 of Pennsauken;
• Antwan Tucker, 50 of Woodbury;
• Lolita Paynter, aka “Lolita Painter,” 55 of Camden;
• Marcus Rushworth, aka “Marc,” 56 of Gloucester City;
• Wayne Muse, 73 of Lindenwold;
• Kenneth Rushworth, aka “Kenny,” 59 of Gloucester City; and
• Alexander Siaca, aka “Al,” 54 of Camden.

They are accused of drug trafficking in the area between January and March of this year. The FBI led a wiretap investigation into the two rings. They all face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.