TRENTON – Two men were sentenced for dealing heroin and cocaine throughout the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
Daniel McHugh, 51, of Sayreville, was sentenced to 90 months in prison. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. McHugh also admitted conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine.
Brian Hall, 49, of Freehold, was sentenced to eight months of home confinement and three years of probation. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Between intercepted phone calls, texts, and undercover officers posing as buyers, it was learned that McHugh and Hall dealt drugs from May 2017 to November 2018.
They got heroin and cocaine from co-defendant Guy Jackson. Some of the heroin had fentanyl in it.
These two sentencings are part of a larger picture. In November of 2018, 15 defendants were charged with the conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine. Thirteen defendants have so far pleaded guilty. Supplier Gregory Gillens was sentenced on Sept. 8, 2020, to 10 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy. Lead defendant Guy Jackson is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22. Defendant Deberal Rogers has been indicted; the charges and allegations contained in the indictment against him are merely accusations, and the he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. The charges against one defendant have been dismissed.
