Brick Street Crimes Unit Makes More Drug, Lewdness Arrests

BRICK, NJ — The Brick Township Police Department's Street Crimes Unit arrested three more people on drug and lewdness charges in two incidents Tuesday and Wednesday, police said Friday.

Jeanette Taylor, 34, of Lakewood, and Malique Medler, 24, of South Toms River, were arrested about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday following a motor vehicle stop in the area of Route 70 and Cedar Bridge Avenue, Brick Capt. Keith Reinhard said.

K-9 Officer Scott Smith saw the vehicle's driver, Taylor, commit several motor vehicle violations. Smith pulled the vehicle over, and a sniff by his K-9 partner Echo gave a positive indication for the presence of narcotics, Reinhard said. Taylor and Medler were found to be in the possession of about 4 grams of crack cocaine and marijuana, he said.

Taylor was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to maintain lane, CDS in motor vehicle and having an open container of alcohol. She was released on a summons.

Medler was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Medler also had a warrant out of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, and was taken to the Ocean County Jail.

On Wednesday, police arrested Omar Aragon Mendoza, 42, of Lakewood in the parking lot at the Pleasure Zone adult bookstore, 235 Chambers Bridge Road. Reinhard said police were checking the parking lot about 9:15 p.m. when they saw a man get out of his vehicle with his genitals exposed and approach another occupied vehicle.

The man, later identified as Mendoza, began to urinate, and after doing so continued to expose his genitals. Police confronted him, and Mendoza tried to get rid of drugs he had, Reinhard said. He was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and lewdness and released on a summons.

Have a news tip? Email karen.wall@patch.com Follow Brick Patch on Facebook.