FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Friday, October 28, 2022

TWO CHARGED AFTER SEIZURE OF OVER 450 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

Two individuals have been arrested on drug charges following a joint investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and the United States Postal Inspection Service.

Lynnette Lipinski, 39, of Jersey City, and Husam Fooda, 36, of East Elmhurst, New York, are both charged with one count of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance (Methamphetamine) in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2a, 2C:35-5a(1), and 2C:35-5b(8). Lipinski and Fooda were arrested at a residence on Sherman Avenue in Jersey City on Thursday, October 27, 2022 and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending their first court appearances.

During the course of the investigation, over 450 grams of methamphetamine were recovered, with a street value of approximately $6,000. Prosecutor Suarez credited the Narcotics Task Force and the United States Postal Inspection Service with the investigation and arrests.

The above charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).