Barnegat Man With Six Outstanding Warrants Found With Loaded Gun

Members of the Barnegat police department’s narcotics unit were on patrol on Jan. 12 when they spotted a familiar face.

The officers were in the area of Schooner Avenue and Village Drive at 5:54 p.m. when they saw Joshua W. Drake, 29. Drake had five outstanding no-bail warrants and an outstanding child support warrant. When they arrested him, police found he was in possession of a loaded Imperial Arms .38 caliber revolver, according to the police department’s Facebook page.

Drake was charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and a fourth-degree charge of certain persons not to possess weapons. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail in Toms River . Drake was lodged in Ocean County Jail on $65,000 bail in addition to the other no-bail warrants.