United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a Union County, New Jersey men was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for drug distribution charges in connection conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base.

Tyrell Wilson, aka “Hell Rell,” 36, of Rahway, New Jersey, 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. Judge Arleo imposed the sentence today by videoconference.

In September 2019, Wilson and Marvin Lagrier, aka “Black Jesus,” 39, of Newark, were were charged by complaint with conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base. Lagrier was indicted on these charges in October 2019, pleaded guilty in August 2021, and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 5, 2022.

On Sept. 19, 2019, Wilson and Lagrier were arrested for conspiring to sell at least 280 grams of cocaine base.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Arleo sentenced Wilson to five years of supervised release.

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 today’s sentencing.

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