Adnan Smajlovic, 27, of Budd Lake, and Angela Debarbieri, 25, of Hackettstown, were arrested during a bizarre encounter with authorities when police caught the pair with 71 bags of heroin, stolen credit cards, and $1,100 in suspected drug money.
Smajlovic was found confused and under the influence – clutching a double-sided razor blade with his hands bloodied in a white Acura. Debarbieri was found nearby the car also under the influence. Both were arrested for a variety of drug charges and money laundering.
Despite their condition and charges, both were released and FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform after the “Pretrial Risk Assessment” tool determined that they should not be subject to any accountable release – just a “promise” to appear.
Perhaps at least a night in jail and a family member having to take responsibility for them by bailing them out would have done the pair good? Guess we will never know…
Another “validated pretrial risk assessment” Failure.
New Jersey Bail Reform, Risk Assessments, and Pretrial Release Services…
- ZERO Accountability
- ZERO Deterrent
- ZERO Supervision
- ZERO concern for victims
- ZERO Bail…just a “pinky promise” to return
- Bail Reform – Dangerous, Reckless, and a Taxpayer Burden
Cops: Dazed, Bloodied Addict Leads Rochelle Park Police To Heroin, Cash
(reported by Jerry DeMarco of the Daily Voice)
Blood dripped from his hands and onto his short pants as an out-of-towner repeatedly got in and out of a car parked outside a Rochelle Park business Tuesday morning, police said.
It led officers and detectives to the discovery of 71 bags of heroin, $1,100 in alleged drug proceeds and various credit cards in other people’s names.
Confused and apparently under the influence, 27-year-old Adnan Smajlovic of Budd Lake was holding a double-sided razor blade in his bloodied hand as Police Officer Jared Shatkin approached the white Acura in the West Passaic Street parking lot just before 7:45 a.m., Lt. Dean Pinto told Daily Voice.
Smajlovic’s “speech was slurred and at times incoherent,” Pinto said.
He was also “striking the center console and moving items around the interior of the car as though he was either concealing or retrieving something,” he said.
Several pieces of the interior molding, carpeting and trim were removed from their original places and hanging loosely, the lieutenant said.
Smajlovic also had a pill bottle that held prescription drugs that weren’t his, he said.
The car belonged to his girlfriend, 25-year-old Angela M. Debarbieri of Hackettstown, he told the officer.
“She was in the area,” Pinto said he told Shatkin, “but he did not have a way to contact her.”
Backups arrived and found Debarbieri.
“She, too, was intoxicated due to opioid use,” Pinto said.
Officers and detectives eventually found the heroin bags — stamped TOP SECRET” — along with the cash and credit cards, several hypodermic syringes, three glass pipes and “other drug paraphernalia associated with heroin and crack cocaine use,” he said.
Smajlovic and Debarbieri were released, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, pending scheduled appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on money laundering and various drug-related charges.
https://www.usbailreform.com/new-jersey-sign-petition-repeal-replace-dangerous-nj-criminal-justice-reform-act-bail-reform/