PASSAIC, N.J. - Two Petersburg residents are facing multiple charges after a drug bust in New Jersey went out of control, leaving a policeman wounded, a suspect wounded and a bystander dead.
Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Calvin Raines, 39, and Marquel C. Brown, 34, were arrested on Monday and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Raines was also charged with being a fugitive from justice. A third person, Raul Ramirez, 31, of Passaic, was arrested on drug charges.
Police and prosecutors said the Passaic Police Department Narcotics Unit spotted two vehicles Monday night that appeared to be involved in a drug deal. Police stopped one vehicle, a Nissan Maxima, but when they tried to stop the other, a Mercedes Benz, they came under fire.
During the exchange of gunfire, Passaic Police Officer Barulio Barbosa was wounded in the leg. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
The Mercedes fled the scene and police lost sight of it while they attended to Barbosa. However, they saw smoke rising nearby, and when they reached the source of the smoke across the city limit in Clifton, N.J., they found that the Mercedes had collided with a Dodge Ram pickup truck.
The driver of the truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but a passenger, Nathan N. Ferrer, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene. The father of two was returning home from an indoor soccer game, according to media reports.
After the collision, police said, they again exchanged gunfire with the suspects, wounding one, before arresting them. Media reports said Raines was treated for a gunshot wound and released into police custody, and Brown was treated for injuries she suffered in the crash.
Investigators said they found about $290,000 in cash and six kilograms of cocaine in the suspects' car.
No charges had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon in the wounding of Officer Barbosa or the death of Ferrer, but prosecutors said additional charges are being considered.
Raines was arrested in Petersburg in February 2007 on charges of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Those charges were never prosecuted. In 1995, he was convicted of three charges involving possession and distribution of cocaine and sentenced to a total of 18 years in jail, with all but two years and three months suspended.
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