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Mob Soldier Caught with 65 Pounds of Pot in Montville, Police Say
Carlo Taccetta, suspected soldier in the Lucchese crime family, faces drug possession and distribution charges.

Posted by Mike Pignataro (Editor) , January 26, 2014 at 02:49 PM

The son of a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family was arrested Saturday in Montville with 65 pounds of marijuana, State Police said.

Carlo Taccetta, 41, of Whippany, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute following a motor vehicle stop on West Bloomfield Avenue at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Sgt. Brian Polite said in a statement released Sunday.

Taccetta is a soldier in the Lucchese crime family and his father, Michael, is a capo, Polite said. Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta, 66, is incarcerated in South Woods State Prison on racketeering, extortion and conspiracy charges.

The stop of Carlo Taccetta's Dodge Ram pickup truck was the result of "an ongoing investigation," Polite said. Taccetta granted troopers permission to search his vehicle where they discovered the 65 pounds of marijuana, Polite said.

Taccetta was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility on $75,000 bail with no 10 percent option. The Division of Criminal Justice will prosecute the case, Polite said.

WTF?

I've heard he's the sharpest tool in the shed. That's all I'm saying .

If it was part of an ongoing investigation, wouldn't they have a warrant to search his car? They shouldn't have needed his permission.

Carlo Taccetta (State Police photo)

http://montville.patch.com/groups/police...ille-police-say

He knew what was up. The drug dogs would find it

unless the drug dogs were there at the scene of the stop from the beginning, he could have just refused and the longer the dogs took to arrive the better for him. Obviously he's guilty as fuck but his lawyer would have had more avenues for his defence. There are some laws and rules about the lengths of a stop and the time it takes a drug sniffing dog to get there, police can't just hold you for no reason waiting for a dog. Im not a lawyer or anything so i could be wrong.

If it was part of "an ongoing investigation" odds are the cops suspected he had them. Since they didn't have a warrant they could have told a uniformed officer to stop him on a bullshyte traffic violation then ask to search the car. Low and behold he lets them check his truck. Nice break for LE.

did some quick math lets says its mid grade cause theres not brick weed around he northeast anymore, or the last 10yrs. 50000/65 770$ a pound if good you getting 1200 a piece. if it was good bud at 2500+ a pound there goes his life savings and the state will take the car. did it say wat type of car. wonder if he owns the bud or was transporting it for someone else.

If he was smart, which by the sounds of it not so, he would've had a lease vehicle. I remember reading something a while ago about drug dealers were now leasing vehicles instead of buying them. If you bought a nice vehicle the government will take it away on the grounds that it was bought with illicit gains. This could be common knowledge for all I know but just that I'd throw it out there.

This was definately high grade weed and Carlo is not that sharp

The fact he was transporting it himself , especially on a sat night should tell you enough

Still he probably doesn't get much time , these guys seem to be sticking to gambling , weed , shy . Some good $ in high end stuff and sentences reasonable

When you know they got you there's no point in bringing the dogs. All you want to do is get to jail and get bail.

i cant see a made guy fucking around with mid grade, its basically garbage with very low profit margins, mid grade is pretty much a waste of time. with high end marijuana your looking at around 4000 a pound give or take, i would say with the right market that 60 lbs is worth at least 200k.

Tons of money in high grade. The problem is it's now medicinally legal in NY. Soon to be legal full blown so get it while you can fellas.

According to this site > http://norml.org/laws/item/new-jersey-penalties-2 Taccetta is looking at a minimum of 10 years if convicted.

Ted -

NY/NJ has become pretty lenient as far as pot goes. He's looking at 5 max and if he pleads guilty maybe no time at all.

Edit: Especially if they can only get him for CPM which may or may not be a felony but a lot better than distribution. Better get a good lawyer either way.

Really not a big deal. He will get maybe 2 yrs and Morris county is a fucking country club compared to other county lock ups, if he's lucky he can stay there for his whole stretch

i think its gonna be a while before it gets fully legal anywhere on the east coast but even after it is i think there will still be a pretty big market for street sales because i think the taxes is gonna cause legal weed to be wayyy overpriced. i hear the legal weed theyre selling out of stores out in colorado and washington are selling eigths of mid grade for around 80 dollars, in reality that should cost 15 or 20 dollars, i bet an ounce of high grade would cost at least 600 or 700 dollars in one of those stores which is ridiculous, with those prices street sales will still be very lucrative.

Damn, that's nice. The entire Jersey Crew should just start trafficking weed with those lenient sentences. At least they should if the Feds didn't have a hardon for weed.

Dellacroce -

You are probably right and true that it will take awhile to be full blown legal but I don't see it being AS lucrative as it is now when laws are passed.

Ted -

The feds have a hard on for high grade weed cause there's LOTS of money in it and they're dealing with mainly white guys who won't pose a serious threat when busted and they can go home to their wife and kids at night. Like I said the feds go where the money is and the feds net serious amounts of cash in these pot busts.

Haha. I agree. The feds will kept busting them tho.

Can the Feds make a case if they can prove he was transporting across state lines?

I doubt it will go that far. 65 elbows really isn't that much considering the amount of weight the boys are moving in from the west. That's who they want. They want to fly out to CA for a couple weeks and soak up the sun.

Delly it's over priced but not that bad. Idk what the store prices are in Colorado or Cali but in wash it's 10-20 a g for loud. From a dealer, and I mean I have smoked a ton in Washington, and back before it was legal, loud was 5 a gram. We would buy quarters for 35. East coast you pay 90-100 and more depending on if ur dumb enough. I'm cheap but I buy halfs of mid for 50, a zip u can get for about 80. Good shit here you can pay 300 to 350 a oz. I'm telling u that Washington bud was some of the best shit I've ever smoked it's great.

Fuck yeah it is and it goes for 15 for a g of the "loud" lol. I fucking love WA mmm

Didnt that Genovese guy just get 9 years for trafficking weed? Sally KO? Im pretty sure he did.. Down here in Baltimore I pay 50$ for an elbow and 90$ for a quarter of some loud. I havent bought a G in years but I could probably swing one for 15. Weed is a topic I can talk about all day long lol

You pay $50 for an elbow? Correct me if I'm wrong but an elbow is a LB right ?? BTW Happy Birthday..

Yeah, he got 9-and-a-half years. I think that was the point someone was trying to make about the sentencing differences between the State and the Feds when it comes to moving high grade pot. It may be a joke sentence in most State courts, but if the Feds grab the case you're gonna have a problem.

Aint most of this guys family in jail still?

Michael gets out this year, Martin is in for life.