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 Ocean Township Police Department and United States Postal Inspector Service to conduct a month-long investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics in Ocean County. Esta cooperativa, multi-agency investigation identified a residence on Dock Avenue in Ocean Township (Waretown) as being utilized by Joelene Leck, 31, of Waretown, to store and distribute cocaine and alprazolam/fentanyl pills.
En febrero 25, 2025, Los detectives de las agencias mencionadas anteriormente establecieron vigilancia en la residencia de sujeto, at which time a black Ford Explorer was observed by law enforcement to be engaging in controlled dangerous substance activity. As the Explorer was leaving the residence, Detectives effectuated a motor vehicle stop. The operator of the vehicle, Thomas Rotella, 47, de Bayville, and a passenger in the vehicle, Danny Skinner, 32, de alturas del mar, were both placed under arrest without incident, and the vehicle was impounded. Following a search incident to his arrest, Skinner was found to be in possession of approximately one gram of cocaine and 49 alprazolam/fentanyl pills.
Rotella was charged with Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Alprazolam/Fentanyl, Wandering to Obtain/Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance, y posesión de parafernalia de drogas. Rotella was served with the charges via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.
Skinner was charged with Wandering to Obtain/Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance. Skinner was likewise served with the charge via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.
En febrero 27, 2025, Detectives executed a court-authorized search warrant on the subject Explorer. Como resultado, Los detectives incautaron aproximadamente 40 gramos de cocaína, 60 grams of alprazolam/fentanyl, y parafernalia de drogas indicativa de distribución de narcóticos. Como resultado, en marzo 3, 2025, Rotella was additionally charged with Possession of More than One Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Alprazolam/Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute, Posesión de cocaína, Possession of Alprazolam/Fentanyl, y posesión de parafernalia de drogas. En esa fecha, Rotella surrendered himself to Ocean Township Police Headquarters; he was thereafter transported to the Ocean County Jail and subsequently released as a consequence of New Jersey Bail Reform.
Además, en marzo 3, 2025, Skinner was likewise charged with Possession of More than One Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Alprazolam/Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute, Posesión de cocaína, Possession of Alprazolam/Fentanyl, y posesión de parafernalia de drogas. A warrant was issued for Skinner’s arrest and his name was entered into the National Crime Information Center database.
Continuing investigation resulted in Jolene Leck being charged on March 6, 2025 with Conspiracy to Distribute Alprazolam/Fentanyl. En marzo 7, 2025, Leck was taken into custody by Officers from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Unit, and transported to the Ocean County Jail where she 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, Departamento de policía del municipio de Ocean, Unidad de órdenes judiciales de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Ocean, and United States Postal Inspector Service, 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).