El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer announced that Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force collaborated with the United States Postal Inspection Service, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Monmouth, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Unidad de Delitos Callejeros del Departamento de Policía de Brick Township, and Allentown Police Department, to conduct a three month-long investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics in Ocean County. Esta cooperativa, multi-agency investigation identified a residence in Allentown and a storage facility in Trenton as being utilized by Gary Johnson, 45, of Allentown, almacenar y distribuir cocaína, marijuana, THC products, and psilocybin.
En mayo 28, 2025, Detectives from the aforementioned agencies established surveillance on the subject residence in Allentown. Detectives observed Johnson travel from the residence to Asbury Park. As Johnson exited his vehicle in Asbury Park, Fue detenido sin incidentes.
Detectives subsequently executed court-authorized search warrants on the residence in Allentown and the storage facility in Trenton. Como resultado, Los detectives incautaron aproximadamente 600 gramos de cocaína, 34.5 pounds of Marijuana, three pounds of THC products, 47 ounces of Psilocybin, y $60,000 en moneda de estados unidos.
Johnson was charged with Distribution of More than Five Pounds but Less than 25 Pounds of Marijuana, Possession of More than 25 Pounds of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, Conspiracy to Distribute More than 25 Pounds of Marijuana, Possession of More than Five Ounces of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of More than One Pound but Less than Five Pounds of Hashish with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Psilocybin with Intent to Distribute, Posesión de cocaína, Possession of Psilocybin, Possession of a Firearm during a Controlled Dangerous Substance Offense, Facilitación financiera, y posesión de parafernalia de drogas. Johnson was transported to the Ocean County Jail where he is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
El Fiscal Billhimer elogia a la Fuerza de Ataque de Narcóticos de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Confiscación de Activos de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Equipo SWAT regional del condado de Ocean, Servicio de Inspección Postal de Estados Unidos, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Monmouth, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Unidad de Delitos Callejeros del Departamento de Policía de Brick Township, Allentown Police Department, and City of Trenton Fire Department, por sus esfuerzos de colaboración en relación con esta investigación.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia..
RPC. 3.6(b)(6).