Tyrell Wilson, Cocaine Distribution, New Jersey 2022

Newark, N.J. – A Union County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution ring.

Tyrell Wilson, aka ‘Hell Rell,’ 36, of Rahway, New Jersey, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Wilson previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base and one count of possession with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base.

The charges against Wilson stem from a September 2019 arrest, in which he and co-defendant Marvin Lagrier, aka ‘Black Jesus,’ 39, of Newark, were charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base.

According to documents filed in the case, Wilson and Lagrier were arrested on September 19, 2019, for conspiring to sell at least 280 grams of cocaine base.

In addition to his prison term, Judge Arleo sentenced Wilson to five years of supervised release after he serves his prison sentence.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the DEA, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson in Newark, and members of the Newark Police Department, under the direction of Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara, with the investigation leading to Wilson’s sentencing.

The case is part of the Violent Crime Initiative (VCI), a partnership between the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the City of Newark’s Department of Public Safety to combat violent crime in and around Newark.

The VCI is composed of federal, state, county, and city agencies, including the DEA, the FBI, the ATF, the U.S. Marshals, the Newark Department of Public Safety, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, N.J. State Parole, Union County Jail, N.J. State Police Regional Operations and Intelligence Center/Real Time Crime Center, N.J. Department of Corrections, the East Orange Police Department, the Orange Police Department, and the Irvington Police Department.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kendall Randolph of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Organized Crime/Gang Unit in Newark.

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