Crime & Safety
3 Face Drug Charges After Brick Investigation: Police
Two Lakewood residents and an Asbury Park man were arrested; a search turned up heroin, cocaine, and MDMA, police said.
BRICK, NJ — Three people were arrested on more than a dozen charges following a joint investigation into drug distribution by Brick and Lakewood police and the Ocean County prosecutor's office, Brick police said Tuesday.
Aliana T. McColley, 30, of Lakewood, Reginald A. McNeil, 22, of Asbury Park, and Nyshawne S. Sutton, 39, of Lakewood, all were arrested June 18 after detectives witnessed multiple drug transactions, Brick Sgt. Jim Kelly said.
After detectives saw the drug transactions, they led to two motor vehicle stops in Lakewood, Kelly said. The first stop led to the arrest McColley on a charge of possession of crack cocaine. McNeil and Sutton were arrested in the other stop, with McNeil charged with conspiracy to distribute CDS, and Sutton charged with distribution, Kelly said.
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As the three were brought to the Police Department, Sutton ran, but he was quickly caught, Kelly said.
A search of the vehicle McNeil and Sutton were driving turned up about 250 wax folds of suspected heroin packaged for resale, crack cocaine packaged for resale, marijuana, suspected MDMA tablets and paraphernalia, he said. Authorities also seized $351, pending forfeiture.
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Kelly said the following charges were filed:
Sutton was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine, possession of MDA, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, distribution of CDS, resisting by flight, possession of CDS paraphernalia, and escape. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail.
McNeil was charged with conspiracy to distribute CDS, loitering to obtain CDS, possession of marijuana, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine, possession of MDA, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, and possession of CDS paraphernalia.
McColley was charged with possession of cocaine, tampering with evidence, and possession of CDS paraphernalia.
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