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 Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau and Seaside Heights Police Department Patrol Division to conduct an investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics in the Ocean County area. This two-month-long investigation identified a residence in Seaside Heights as being utilized by Jimmey Bryant, Jr., and Ceeyanna Pringle, almacenar y distribuir narcóticos.
En marzo 18, 2022, Detectives de la Fuerza de Ataque Antinarcóticos del Condado de Ocean, Equipo SWAT regional del condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía de Seaside Heights, Seaside Heights Police Department Patrol Division, y la Unidad K-9 de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, ejecutó una orden de registro autorizada por el tribunal en la residencia en cuestión. Como resultado, Detectives seized 20 grams of cocaine powder, 20 grams of crack cocaine, a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun, a conducted energy device, and a digital scale. Bryant and Pringle were subsequently arrested at the residence.
En desarrollo de la investigación, a search of a nearby residence was conducted. Como resultado, Detectives seized a semi-automatic handgun with a loaded 30 round magazine. Additional charges are forthcoming as a result of this search.
Jimmey Bryant, Jr., 22, de alturas del mar, was charged with Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5b(2); Possession of more than One Ounce of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5b(11); Posesión de cocaína en violación de NJSA. 2C:35-10a(1); Possession of a Weapon while Committing a Controlled Dangerous Substance Offense in violation of NJSA. 2C:39-4.1a; Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance Within 1000 feet of School Property in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-7a; Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance within 500 feet of a Public Park in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-7.1a; y Posesión de parafernalia de drogas en violación de NJSA. 2C:36-2a. Además, Bryant was found to have two outstanding arrest warrants for Aggravated Assault with a Weapon in connection with an unrelated incident that occurred in Seaside Heights in March 2021. Bryant is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
Ceeyanna Pringle, 18, de alturas del mar, was charged with Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5b(2); Possession of more than One Ounce of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5b(11); Posesión de cocaína en violación de NJSA. 2C:35-10a(1); Possession of a Weapon while Committing a Controlled Dangerous Substance Offense in violation of NJSA. 2C:39-4.1a; Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance Within 1000 feet of School Property in violation of NJSA. 2C: 35-7a; Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance within 500 feet of a Public Park in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-7.1a; y Posesión de parafernalia de drogas en violación de NJSA. 2C:36-2a. Pringle was charged on a summons and released pending a further court appearance.
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 de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía de Seaside Heights, Seaside Heights Police Department Patrol Division and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, por sus esfuerzos combinados y colectivos en relación con esta investigación.
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