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Heroin, Cocaine, Hypodermic Needles Found In Basking Ridge: Police

Bernards Township Police made numerous arrests for possession of a variety of drugs including heroin, cocaine and hypodermic needles.​

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Bernards Township Police made numerous arrests for possession of a variety of drugs including heroin, cocaine and hypodermic needles.

Bernards Township Police Blotter:

  • Name: Jennifer L. Deming

Crime(s): Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance

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Age: 36

From: Bridgewater, NJ

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Date/Time of Arrest: 12/02/2016 at 12:04am

Arresting Officer(s): Officer Rhys Marten

Location of Offense: I-78 West

Details: Officer Marten stopped a vehicle that Deming was a passenger in for a motor vehicle violation. Heroin was seized from the vehicle. Deming also had multiple outstanding warrants. Deming was charged with possession of Heroin and Drug Paraphernalia

(Jennifer L. Deming, 36, of Bridgewater)

  • Name: Thomas J. Bowman

Crime(s): Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance

Age: 32

From: Kempton, PA

Date/Time of Arrest: 12/31/2016 at 10:25pm

Arresting Officer(s): SGT. Jon Burger

Location of Offense: 545 Martinsville Road, Basking Ridge (Exxon)

Details: Sgt. Burger approached a suspicious vehicle parked in the rear parking lot of the Exxon gas station occupied by three individuals. After further investigating the vehicle Heroin, Cocaine, and Hypodermic syringes were seized. Bowman was charged with possession of CDS and possession of a hypodermic syringe.


(Thomas J. Bowman, 32, of Kempton, PA)

  • Name: Charles J. Kuntz

Crime(s): Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance

Age: 33

From: Kempton, PA

Date/Time of Arrest: 12/31/2016 at 10:25pm

Arresting Officer(s): SGT. Jon Burger

Location of Offense: 545 Martinsville Road, Basking Ridge (Exxon)

Details: Sgt. Burger approached a suspicious vehicle parked in the rear parking lot of the Exxon gas station occupied by three individuals. After further investigating the vehicle Heroin, Cocaine, and Hypodermic syringes were seized. Kuntz was charged with possession of CDS and possession of a hypodermic syringe.


(Charles J. Kuntz, 33, of Kempton, PA)

  • Name: Jeyco Sierra-Pabon

Crime(s): Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance

Age: 31

From: Allentown, PA

Date/Time of Arrest: 12/31/2016 at 10:25pm

Arresting Officer(s): SGT. Jon Burger

Location of Offense: 545 Martinsville Road, Basking Ridge (Exxon)

Details: Sgt. Burger approached a suspicious vehicle parked in the rear parking lot of the Exxon gas station occupied by three individuals. After further investigating the vehicle Heroin, Cocaine, and Hypodermic syringes were seized. Sierra-Pabon was charged with possession of CDS.


(Jeyco Sierra-Pabon, 31, of Allentown, PA)

  • Name: Tyrone K. Scudder

Crime(s): Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance

Age: 30

From: Newark, NJ

Date/Time of Arrest: 02/02/2017 at 4:45PM

Arresting Officer(s): Officer Slawomir Zolnierowski

Location of Offense: I-78 West

Details: Officer Zolnierowski stopped a vehicle for multiple motor vehicle violations. MDMA(ecstasy) was seized from the vehicle. Scudder was charged with possession of CDS.


(Tyrone K. Scudder, 30, of Newark)

  • Name: Joseph E. Ereyi

Crime(s): Operating a MV with Suspended License for prior DWI Conviction

Age: 32

From: Newark, NJ

Date/Time of Arrest: 02/01/2017 at 12:53PM

Arresting Officer(s): Officer Frank Girard

Location of Offense: I-78 West

Details: Officer Girard stopped a vehicle for multiple motor vehicle violations. Ereyi was operating the vehicle with a suspended license for prior DWI convictions(indictable offense).


(Joseph E. Ereyi, 32, of Newark)

(Images via Bernards Township Police Department)

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