Silencers, Counterfeit Cash Seized, Brick Man Arrested: Police

BRICK, NJ — A Brick Township man is under arrest after authorities seized silencers and a "large amount" of counterfeit money from his apartment in on Tuesday, Brick police said Wednesday.

Lawrence P. Turbett, 71, has been charged with four counts of possession of a prohibited device and is being held in the Ocean County Jail, Brick Capt. Keith Reinhard said.

Authorities were alerted that a package containing a silencer was being shipped to an address in Brick, Reinhard said. On Tuesday detectives from the Street Crimes Unit and agents from Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant at the George Conway Towers housing complex at 165 Chambers Bridge Road.

The search turned up the package containing the silencer, and additional types of firearms suppressors, he said. Authorities also found a large amount of counterfeit U.S. currency and notified the U.S. Secret Service.

Chief James Riccio would like to commend the officers for their diligent work that led to the arrest and for removing from the street these dangerous devices, which serve no legitimate purpose, Reinhard said.

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