6 Brick Residents Charged As Heroin, Cocaine Seized: Police

BRICK, NJ — Six people were arrested and a variety of illegal drugs seized from a Brick Township home following an investigation prompted by multiple complaints of drug distribution from the home, police announced.

Anna Laux, 24; Joseph Dirosa, 33; Jennifer Littell, 30; Edward Shaw, 46; Ronald Corduan Jr., 34, and Craig Morris, 56, all of Brick, were arrested Oct. 23, Brick Sgt. Jim Kelly said.

Members of the department's Street Crimes Unit, Patrol Division and Detective Bureau searched a home on Fairfield Avenue on Oct. 23 and seized unspecified quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, Xanax, hypodermic syringes, heroin, suboxone, marijuana, THC cartridges, steroids and assorted drug paraphernalia, Kelly said.

Laux was charged with possession of suboxone, Xanax, heroin, paraphernalia, and loitering to obtain a controlled dangerous substance, and she was released on a summons.

Dirosa was charged with possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, paraphernalia, a hypodermic syringe, and loitering to obtain a controlled dangerous substance. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail.

Littell was charged with possession of cocaine, heroin, paraphernalia, a hypodermic needle and loitering to obtain a controlled dangerous substance and taken to the Ocean County Jail.

Shaw was charged with possession of suboxone, cocaine, paraphernalia and loitering to obtain a controlled dangerous substance, and released on a summons.

Corduan was charged with possession of cocaine, anabolic steroids, heroin, paraphernalia and a hypodermic syringe, maintaining a nuisance, and loitering to obtain a controlled dangerous substance, and released on a summons.

Morris was arrested for contempt of court, processed and released on his own recognizance.

"Chief James Riccio would like to thank the concerned citizens who provided information that resulted in our being able to bring the investigation to a successful conclusion," Kelly said.

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