New York Adult Entertainment: Woman in N.J. probe held on drug charges | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/24/2009
And for most of the last decade, investigators allege, they were partners in a criminal enterprise that trafficked in cocaine and prostitution, and bribed witnesses to keep them from talking – and when that wasn’t an option, resorted to murder to shut them up.
Originally charged as a minor player, Yolanda Jauregui, 37, has been portrayed in recent court filings as a key figure in the operation headed by her boyfriend, Paul Bergrin, a rogue Newark, N.J., defense attorney.
Now held without bail, Jauregui (pronounced HOW-reh-gee) was arraigned on a drug-trafficking charge on Monday, the latest twist in a case that reads like the script of a Quentin Tarantino movie.
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Authorities also allege that after Bergrin was arrested in 2007 for his involvement in a $1,000-an-hour call girl operation in New York City, Jauregui plotted to have a witness against him killed and agreed to pay $10,000 for the murder contract.