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Newark Man Gets 15 Years for Supplying Heroin to the Grape Street Crips

Newark

U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey announced that a Newark drug dealer who previously admitted supplying heroin to the Grape Street Crips has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

According to the release, On June 30, 2015, 36-year-old Gabriel Henderson admitted selling bricks of heroin between December 2014 and May 2015, around the Pennington Court public-housing complex on Pennington Street and the John W. Hyatt public-housing complex on Hawkins Street.

Henderson was sentenced to 15 years but will also be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison term.

He is among 50 alleged members and associates of the Grape Street Crips that were charged in criminal complaints that alleged drug-trafficking, physical assaults, and witness intimidation.

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