Fort Lee teacher's assistant admits selling Oxycodone on school grounds

A teacher's assistant at a Fort Lee elementary school admitted to selling tens of thousands of Oxycodone pills with some of the offenses on school grounds, according to authorities.

Gary Dimick, 33, of North Bergen, plead guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts to selling more than 25,000 Oxycodone tablets during a seven-year span from 2010 to 2017, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman stated in a release.

“The addiction to pain killers is a nationwide epidemic and this individual sold more than 25,000 oxycodone tablets over seven years, preying on the vulnerabilities of others," stated Angel M. Melendez, special agent in charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. "Dimick made his acts more egregious by selling these highly addictive pills on the school grounds where he was employed. It is time that he face the consequences of his actions.”

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Dimick sold the pills for $20 to $30 each and now faces "serious prison time," Berman stated. He could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Rota said in a statement to parents that Dimick was suspended, that none of the transactions happened inside a school building and that no students or other staffers were involved, NBC reported.

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