5 Charged In Little Egg Harbor Drug Bust: Prosecutor

LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NJ — Five Ocean County residents were charged following a month-long investigation into the distribution of narcotics that culminated in a search warrant being executed on a Little Egg Harbor home, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

The multi-agency investigation determined that a house on Bear Hollow Court in Little Egg Harbor was being used by John Pecoreno, 40, and Elysia Sullins, 23, both of Little Egg Harbor, to store and distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Detectives from several local departments established surveillance on that house on Sept. 6 where they saw Pecoreno and Sullins leave, get into a car and drive away from the area, Billhimer said.

The two were watched throughout several Ocean County towns before they returned home. At that point, the Ocean County Regional SWAT Team executed a court-authorized search warrant, Billhimer said.

They seized about 1,050 wax folds of heroin, 10 grams of cocaine, 36 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of suspected “crack” cocaine, and drug paraphernalia indicative of narcotics distribution, Billhimer said.

At the time of the warrant, Pecoreno's father, Vincent Pecoreno, 61, also of Little Egg Harbor, and West Creek resident Erron Gransden, 38, were also present at the house and in "close proximity" to the seized narcotics, Billhimer said.

Keyon Randolph, 25, of Lakewood, was seen in a narcotics-related transaction at a Lakewood home that same day, Billhimer said. He was taken into custody at the scene and charged with drug possession and distribution offenses. Randolph was taken to Ocean County Jail and released due to bail reform.

John Pecoreno was charged with numerous possession and distribution offenses and was taken to Ocean County Jail, where he remains pending trial.

Sullins was similarly charged and taken to Ocean County Jail, where she was released due to bail reform.

Vincent Pecoreno was charged with several drug possession offenses. These charges were served via a summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.

Gransden was charged with conspiracy to possess more than one half ounce but less than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine. He was taken to Ocean County Jail and released due to bail reform.