Case DIH-1742
George Stokes
Admitted leading an Atlantic City drug ring and supplying three dealers whose drugs caused three overdose deaths in 2017, in Atlantic City, Somers Point and Margate, New Jersey.
- Court
- State, Atlantic County
- State
- New Jersey
- Year of death
- 2017
- Year sentenced
- 2022
- Drugs
- Heroin with fentanyl
- Conduct
- Upstream supplier
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Leading a narcotics trafficking network; three drug-induced deaths (10 years each, concurrent)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 20 years in prison, with three concurrent 10-year terms for the deaths (8½ years before parole on those)
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under New Jersey law. For what that law says, see New Jersey in the state law guide.
Sources
- breakingac.comAtlantic city man gets 20 years in drug traffickin
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.