Gloucester Township Police Break Up Drug Ring in Revere Run II Neighborhood

Gloucester Township, NJ -- A significant quantity of heroin, several ounces of cocaine, cash, packaging materials, and a gun were seized during the simultaneous searches of five homes on May 6, Gloucester Township Police said on Monday.

Police also came across three children and their mother inside this one of the homes. The Gloucester Township Police Department Juvenile Family Service Unit responded to offer counseling services for the mother and her children. The mother was released without being charged.

The execution of the search warrants was the conclusion of a long-term investigation into the distribution of heroin and cocaine from a home on the 500 block Loch Lomond Drive, in the Revere Run II neighborhood.

Gloucester Township Police initiated the investigation, and identified the head of the drug ring as 35-year-old Curtiss Williams, who allegedly regularly sold large quantities of narcotics out of his house.

As the investigation continued to grow, Gloucester Township Police began to receive assistance from the Winslow Township Police Department, the Camden County Prosecutors Office Suburban Narcotics Task Force, and the US DEA.

They also participated in the May 6 raids of four homes on Loch Lomond Drive in Gloucester Township and one home at the 200 Building of Tamerlane Apartments in Winslow Township.

The Cherry Hill Police Tactical Response Team and the Camden County Sheriff’s Department SERT team also participated in the raids.

All of the suspects were arrested without incident, and no injuries were reported.

Williams was charged with certain person prohibited from possessing a firearm (2nd degree), possession of a firearm during CDS offense (2nd degree), two counts of distribution of CDS (2nd degree), distribution of CDS (3rd degree), distribution of CDS within 500 feet of a public park (2nd degree), and possession of drug paraphernalia (disorderly persons). He was remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility in default of $400,000 full cash bail.

Brian Moore, 25, and Gerald Frazier, 23, from the 400 block of Loch Lomond Drive were both charged distribution of CDS within 500 feet of a public building (2nd degree), distribution of heroin (3rd degree), and distribution of marijuana (4th degree). They were both remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility in default of $100,000 full cash bail.

Kyle Henry, from the 400 block of Gibbsboro Road in Lindenwold, was arrested at a home on the unit block of Thisleton Road in Gloucester Township, for third degree possession of CDS (prescription pills), as a result of this investigation. He was remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility in default of $10,000, 10% bail.

Following the execution of the search warrants, officers with the Gloucester Township Police Community Relations Bureau went door to door in what police described as an “effort to take back this neighborhood.”

A street cleanup crew from the Gloucester Township Public Works Department also responded to provide community clean up services.

“These restorative community policing efforts encouraged residents to take back this typically peaceful neighborhood, and assist the Gloucester Township Police Department with keeping our community safe,” police said in the statement. “These continued Gloucester Township Police Third Gear Community Policing initiatives are part of the efforts to address the national problem of drug abuse, more specifically heroin and prescription pills. Heroin is a highly addictive drug where addiction use has long been associated with crime because many addicted people turn to theft, prostitution, and various other criminal activities to obtain money to buy the drug.

“The Gloucester Township Police Department has implemented a number of initiatives and programs to combat this growing abuse of heroin which recently led to reported fatal overdoses. If you know someone who is suffering from addiction, you are encouraged to call the Gloucester Township SAVE Advocate at 856-302-7051, to get help.

“The arrest of these individuals is another example of the enforcement campaigns targeting those who illegally distribute narcotics in Gloucester Township. The Gloucester Township Police Department will continue to attack the abuse and sale of these highly addictive narcotics in our community.”