2ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN NORTH PHILLY SHOOTING
A double shooting yesterday afternoon in North Philadelphia left one man dead and another in Hahnemann University Hospital.
Police said the two men were shot on Ridge Avenue, near 19th at about 1:30 p.m. A 21-year-old man was shot in the chest and died, police said.
Officials were unsure of the second victim's age and could not specify where he was wounded. Police said he had been shot multiple times. Fire personnel who took the second victim to the hospital reported that he was in stable condition shortly after the shooting.
IN OTHER NEWS:
JAIL FOR HEAD OF HIGH-TECH MARIJUANA OPERATION
Anthony Bui, 57, a Philadelphia man who organized and financed a network of high-tech, indoor marijuana-growing facilities that stretched from Florida to Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in a federal lockup.
Bui's scheme began to unravel in June 2005 when one of his growing facilities in North Carolina caught fire. When firefighters arrived, they discovered that Bui and his associates were in the process of converting a former chicken warehouse into a massive marijuana-growing operation.
Sheriff's deputies were summoned and Bui and two associates were arrested. The deputies seized more than 600 marijuana plants and tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Further investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration led to the discovery of other facilities in Pennsylvania, Florida and Connecticut.
DOCS CHARGED IN PAINKILLER RING
A doctor from New Jersey and another from New York were among 22 people have been charged in a ring that federal prosecutors say trafficked and sold millions of dollars' worth of oxycodone tablets across the region.
Paul Fishman, U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said 16 of those charged - including the alleged ringleader, Christopher Erwin, 47, of Barnegat - were arrested yesterday morning.
All 22 are charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute oxycodone. Each could face up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million. It wasn't known if any of the defendants had retained attorneys.
- Staff and wire reports
