HOBOKEN MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR AND ROOMMATE CHARGED IN NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION INVESTIGATION
" Serge Corporan & Elizabeth Johnson Have Been Charged With Distribution & Possession Of Cocaine After Selling Narcotics To Undercover Agents."
March 23, 2022 7:39 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
HOBOKEN, NJ.- On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that on Friday, March 18, 2022, Members of The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, The Drug Enforcement Administration, and The Hoboken Police Department Arrested Serge Corporan, 31, of Hoboken, New Jersey and Elizabeth Johnson, 38 of Hoboken, New Jersey, and a Doctor at Hoboken University Medical Center, following an investigation regarding the Sale of Illegal Narcotics.
During the course of the investigation, Mr. Corporan sold Cocaine in excess of 150 Grams to an Undercover Officer on multiple dates in February and March of 2022. Mr. Corporan was found to be in Possession of an additional 30 Grams of Cocaine at the time of his Arrest.
A Court Authorized Search Warrant of a residence Mr. Corporan and Ms. Johnson shared was executed on Friday, March 18, 2022, which resulted in the recovery of 17 Grams of Cocaine, over 60 Ecstasy Pills and Drug Paraphernalia. Over $15,000 worth of Drugs were recovered during the course of the investigation.
Mr. Corporan has been Charged with First Degree Distribution of Cocaine; Four Counts of Second Degree Distribution of Cocaine; Five Counts of Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Within 500 Feet of Public Property; Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Within 1,000 Feet of a School; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA Within 1,000 Feet of a School; Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA Within 500 Feet of Public Property; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA; and Fourth Degree Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with the Intent to Distribute.
Ms. Johnson has been Charged with Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Within 1,000 Feet of a School; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA Within 1,000 Feet of a School; Third Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA; Fouth Degree Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with the Intent to Distribute; Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Within 500 Feet of Public Property; and Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA Within 500 Feet of Public Property.
Mr. Corporan was transported to The Hudson County Correctional Facility and released following his first court appearance on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Ms. Johnson was released on a summons and is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Friday, April 1, 2022.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, That States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER MARCH 23, 2022: LAW, HUDSON: