Deal Police Captain Suspended At Time Of His Death For Suspected Drug Use

Deal Police Capt. Earl B. Alexander IV was suspended from the police force when he slammed into a utility pole and stone wall on Jan. 2 in Ocean Township and was killed, according to app.com.

Alexander, 38, was the subject of an internal affairs investigation and was suspected of using drugs, Chief Ronen Neuman said. He had been suspended with pay since last August, the chief said.

“At the end of the day, whatever happened,” Neuman said. “It was his doing and he hurt himself and it cost — he paid the ultimate price for his negligence.”

The official toxicology report obtained by app.com showed that Alexander’s blood alcohol level was 0.19 - twice over the legal limit in New Jersey.

The toxicology screen of Alexander’s blood also found the illegal stimulant drugs ethylone, butylone, methylone, dibutylone, dimethylone and fluoroamphetamine, according to the Feb. 18 report complied by NMS Labs in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania on Feb. 18.

“They’re designer drugs, club drugs, bath-salt-type drugs,” Dr. Lawrence J. Guzzardi, a Delaware physician who specializes in toxicology, has said. “These are very unusual drugs. I mean, I don’t know how this guy gets these.”

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