{"id":2522616,"date":"2025-12-18T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-providence-police-chief-dirty-alarming-details-on-massive-drug-operation-and-his-family-are-coming-to-light\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:23:17","slug":"is-the-providence-police-chief-dirty-alarming-details-on-massive-drug-operation-and-his-family-are-coming-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-providence-police-chief-dirty-alarming-details-on-massive-drug-operation-and-his-family-are-coming-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Providence Police Chief Dirty? Alarming Details on Massive Drug Operation and His Family Are Coming to Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-the-providence-police-chief-dirty-alarming-details-on-massive-drug-operation-and-his-family-are-coming-to-light%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2522616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes Providence Police Chief Oscar perez for his handling of the Brown University mass shooting investigation,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlighting multiple law enforcement missteps<\/a> and a general lack of clarity. Perez faces scrutiny not only for the slow progress in apprehending suspects and unclear dialog but also due to his family ties to a meaningful drug trafficking case. His nephew, Jasdrual &#8220;Josh&#8221; Perez, was recently sentenced to over 22 years in federal prison for running one of the largest fentanyl rings in New England. Prosecutors have noted Josh Perez&#8217;s complex methods to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-moves-to-toss-nra-bankruptcy\/\" title=\"New York AG Moves to Toss NRA Bankruptcy\">evade law enforcement<\/a> and hinted at questionable involvement or awareness by Perez&#8217;s relatives in the police department, though no direct allegations have been made against the chief himself. The article implies that the police force, under Perez&#8217;s leadership, might potentially be either incompetent or deliberately overlooking serious issues, calling into question his suitability as police chief and his possible role in covering up or failing to address his nephew&#8217;s criminal activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;ve been following the developments in the Brown University shooting, and the numerous missteps made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing ... Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> in Providence and elsewhere in Rhode Island, you&rsquo;ve probably noticed one thing: Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez is the biggest incompetent of them all.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Perez is facing questions of a different sort, particularly what he knew &mdash; if anything &mdash; about a massive drug-trafficking ring that was being run by his nephew, who officials said seemed to have unusual insight into the ways of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, both state and local law enforcement have been under a microscope since the Saturday shooting failed to produce immediate answers, and even more so after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-release-person-interest-brown-university-shooting-evidence-points-different-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">person of interest turned out to be<\/a>, from all appearances, completely guilty. We don&rsquo;t know what motivated the shooter, or whether his choice of targets had to do with a College Republicans official who was killed (and whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-republican-club-vp-killed-brown-shooting-told-specifically-targeted-report\/\">family has said she was targeted<\/a>), or an Israel-supporting professor whose classroom was the target for the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>And granted, nobody would look good if there was nobody caught five days after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">major mass shooting<\/a>, and nobody is saying that Police Chief Perez is solely responsible for the lack of answers in the tragedy. However, when one sees footage like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The police are refusing to say what the Brown University shooter yelled before opening fire and kiIIing 2 people<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say he shouted &ldquo;Allahu Akbar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Why are the police covering this up? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xmCPGmVTwc\">pic.twitter.com\/xmCPGmVTwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2000730335370236394?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&hellip; or this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProvidenceRIPD?\">@ProvidenceRIPD<\/a> Providence, Rhode Island&rsquo;s DEI hire Hispanic police chief Oscar Perez, who speaks in Spanish half the time he gives his press conferences, was called out today by a Hispanic reporter during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-spin-machine-hits-snag-after-kjps-press-briefing-fib\/\" title=\"White House Spin Machine Hits Snag After KJP\u2019s Press Briefing Fib\">latest press briefing<\/a>. The reporter accused the Police Chief&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSxoRO0NBU\">https:\/\/t.co\/YSxoRO0NBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xVkMcpQkRu\">pic.twitter.com\/xVkMcpQkRu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2001477359573082520?\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&hellip; or even this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>Amid mounting scrutiny over officials&rsquo; handling of Saturday&rsquo;s shooting at Brown University, Providence police chief Oscar Perez misspoke about key details when questioned by reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Perez initially said video of the suspect was captured inside the building before the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8F74ZPjdO\">pic.twitter.com\/y8F74ZPjdO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/2001351828504502751?\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&hellip; or this clip from before the shooting now making the rounds:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;The Brown University mass shooting will likely never be solved. Imported immigrant Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez has prioritized DEI hiring. 2 years later his detectives are the worst in the nation. 11 defenseless students shot, 2 murdered will never see justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/27Afx9WYoE\">pic.twitter.com\/27Afx9WYoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dapper_Det\/status\/2001281597086011579?\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&hellip; you get the feeling that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-brown-shooting-briefings-get-exceedingly-strange-ag-mysteriously-intercepts-questions-univ-pres-coaching-police-chiefs-answer-front-entire-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">might not be the man for the job<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now we have more proof that maybe Perez ought have been vetted more carefully: a 2024 case in which the chief&rsquo;s nephew, Jasdrual &ldquo;Josh&rdquo; Perez, was painted as one of the &ldquo;biggest&rdquo; and &ldquo;most dangerous&rdquo; opioid kingpins ever to face sentencing in Boston federal court.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2024\/12\/13\/fentanyl-ring-run-by-josh-perez-with-family-ties-to-providence-police\/76964747007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Providence Journal<\/a>, Perez &ldquo;likely sold hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl &ndash; the deadly drug most responsible for the opioid epidemic that has been ravaging New England,&rdquo; prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Perez was one of the most prolific drug traffickers in Providence, if not all of Rhode Island,&rdquo; they wrote in a memo ahead of his sentencing last year. He was given 22 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The Providence police chief&rsquo;s nephew, Jasdrual &ldquo;Josh&rdquo; Perez, has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in federal prison for running one of the largest fentanyl drug rings in the region.<\/p>\n<p>w\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWhiteRI?\">@TimWhiteRI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ho2e5XRFym\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ho2e5XRFym<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eli Sherman (@Eli_Sherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eli_Sherman\/status\/1868706258062348660?\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, if someone has gotten by on excellent job performance and there aren&rsquo;t concerns about them being tied to the crime, we needn&rsquo;t be asking second questions about their nephew&rsquo;s abhorrent behavior. First, he hasn&rsquo;t, which is why we&rsquo;re talking about this in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Second, while the Journal reported last December that federal authorities &ldquo;do not accuse either the chief or his younger brother, Sgt. Andres Perez, of breaking any laws,&rdquo; it certainly sounds like they weren&rsquo;t exactly putting them in the clear, either.<\/p>\n<p>From the Providence Journal:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In their memo, prosecutors detail Josh Perez&rsquo;s family ties to both of his uncles on the force.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They salt their arguments with details that raise questions about matters they find significant: A correlation, for example, between the timing of Josh Perez&rsquo;s rise in the New England drug world and the period when his uncles worked as ranking officers in the department. And a particular WhatsApp chat between Josh Perez and Andres Perez regarding a particular surveillance camera related to a federal investigation. &hellip;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Prosecutors also credit Josh Perez for hitting a level of &ldquo;knowledge and technique for avoiding law enforcement&rdquo; that is &ldquo;rarely seen amongst drug dealers.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Granted, Andres Perez might be a more logical target of prosecutorial resources, given the fact that he was the head of the department&rsquo;s intelligence unit during Josh Perez&rsquo;s rise to prominence and prosecutors say Josh &ldquo;involved&rdquo; Andres by bringing him, his mother, and his sister &ldquo;either willful or unwitting participants,&rdquo; including using his mother and sister&rsquo;s properties to conduct drug transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly, despite being the largest fentanyl trafficker in New England according to the feds, they didn&rsquo;t turn up any evidence that Providence police &ldquo;ever investigated Perez&rsquo;s drug trafficking,&rdquo; with authorities not finding &ldquo;a single piece of paper in its investigative files naming Josh Perez as a target or witness or a source.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Are we supposed to believe that Josh Perez is more elusive than Keyser S&ouml;ze and Walter White, only IRL? Or is it more likely that Providence&rsquo;s police force is incompetent, and (at the very least) selectively so? If you believe B is more likely than A, you&rsquo;ve already reached a cause to fire Chief Perez.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, now that he&rsquo;s revealed himself to be unfit for the job in the space of just a few days with his inadequate response to a major mass shooting, Chief Perez very much needs to explain exactly how this happened, how he bears no responsibility, and how he navigated the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, people are more than justified in at least wondering if he helped cover for &ldquo;one of the most prolific drug traffickers in Providence, if not all of Rhode Island.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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