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 Berkeley Township Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, as well as the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, to conduct an investigation into the distribution of narcotics in the Ocean County area. The investigation identified a residence in the Manitou Park section of Berkeley Township as being utilized to store and distribute Cocaine.
Based on the investigation, Detectives obtained a court-authorized search warrant for the subject residence. En julio 30, 2021, Detectives de la Fuerza de Ataque de Narcóticos de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Equipo SWAT regional del condado de Ocean, Berkeley Township Police Department and Patrol Division, y la Unidad K-9 de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, executed the search warrant at the residence. Como resultado, Los detectives incautaron aproximadamente 30 gramos de cocaína, along with a loaded Glock 9mm handgun with a large capacity magazine containing hollow point bullets.
Tiron Hester, 29, del río Toms, was arrested and charged with Possession of More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(2); Possession of Cocaine in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1); Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7b(1); Possession of a Firearm During a Controlled Dangerous Substance Offense in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1a; Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3j; and Possession of Hollow Point Ammunition in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3F(1). Hester was processed at the Berkeley Township Police Department, y actualmente se encuentra alojado en la cárcel del condado de Ocean en espera de una audiencia de detención..
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, Berkeley Township Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, Equipo SWAT regional del condado de Ocean, y la Unidad K-9 de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, por su asistencia combinada 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).