El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer and Lacey Township Police Chief Christopher Kenny announced that on March 21, 2024, John Vincentini, 64, del municipio de Lacey, was charged with Manufacturing Marijuana in a Quantity of More than Five Pounds but Less than 25 Pounds, Distribution of Marijuana in a Quantity of More than One Ounce but Less than Five Pounds, Posesión de marihuana, two counts of Possession of an Assault Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Rifle, three counts of being a Certain Person Not to Possess a Weapon, y facilitación financiera. Además, John Vincentini’s wife, Karen Vincentini, 64, also of Lacey Township, was charged with Manufacturing Marijuana in a Quantity of More than Five Pounds but less than 25 Pounds, Posesión de marihuana, two counts of Possession of an Assault Firearm, y facilitación financiera.
En marzo 15, 2024, the Lacey Township Police Department was contacted by local residents to report that a package of marijuana was delivered to their residence in a re-purposed Amazon box. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force and Lacey Township Police Department revealed that John Vincentini was the individual who delivered the box containing the marijuana to the subject residence.
En marzo 21, 2024, Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force and Lacey Township Police Department executed a court-authorized search warrant on the Vincentini residence in Lacey. Como resultado, Detectives seized approximately ten pounds of Marijuana, 15 marijuana plants, drug paraphernalia associated with the packaging and distribution of narcotics, two assault firearms, a rifle style BB gun, y aproximadamente $150,000 en moneda de Estados Unidos.
John Vincentini and Karen Vincentini were both taken into custody at their residence. Fueron transportados a la cárcel del condado de Ocean., where they are presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
Prosecutor Billhimer and Chief Kenny commend the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Unidad de Confiscación de Activos de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Lacey, y Oficina de Detectives del Departamento de Policía de Lacey Township, por sus esfuerzos colectivos 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).