Family Busted For Selling Opioids Near Little Ferry School

Four members of the same New Jersey family were charged this week with distributing opioids near a school, authorities said.

Maryann Gratzel, 56, Trudy Gratzel, 21, Anthony Gratzel, 38 and Rory Puntasecca, 34, all of Little Ferry, were arrested on drug-related charges including distributing near a school, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday.

A two-month narcotics investigation revealed that Maryann Gratzel, and her children, Trudy, Anthony and Rory, were involved in the distribution of Oxycodone pills that were prescribed to Maryann by a physician, according to the BCPO.

During the course of this investigation, on several occasions, the Gratzel family participated in the distribution of Oxycodone pills in Little Ferry. On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, Rory and Anthony were arrested without incident while distributing fifty-five Oxycodone pills in front of their residence, located at 189 Washington Avenue, according to the BCPO.

Trudy was arrested without incident at this location for her involvement in the distribution of Oxycodone in this investigation. Maryann Gratzel, who was not present during the arrests, was served with a criminal summons for her involvement in the distribution of Oxycodone later in the day.

All were charged with one count of distribution of Oxycodone within 1,000 feet of Memorial School, 130 Liberty Street in Little Ferry.

BCPO photo, clockwise from top left: Rory Puntasecca, Anthony Gratzel, Trudy Gratzel, Maryann Gratzel