11 Years For North Jersey Man Trying to Sell 1,000 Heroin Bags to Undercover Cops

A Paterson man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after selling $10,000 worth of heroin to undercover police in Hopatcong two years ago.

Robert Jackson, 27, was sentenced recently after pleading guilty in June to second-degree crime of possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.

On Aug. 16, 2013, Jackson was caught selling 997 bags of heroin to an undercover police officer working with the Hopatcong Police Department.

Jackson had transported 20 bricks of heroin to Hopatcong from Paterson while riding in a taxi, according to a police report shortly following the arrest.

After he had sold the drugs to the officers near River Styx Grill, Lt. Thomas Kmetz said, the officers attempted to arrest Jackson. Jackson ran from the police toward Ithanell Road where he was caught and arrested, according to Kmetz. Police then learned that Jackson was on parole.

Jackson’s sentence comes with four years of parole ineligibility and $2,205 in court fines.

The sentence was handed down by Judge Thomas Critchley.

Pictured: Robert Jackson. Photo Courtesy Hopatcong Police Department.