Cocaine, Heroin, $5,400 Seized In Manchester Bust: Prosecutor

MANCHESTER, NJ — Authorities seized 260 grams of cocaine, 400 doses of heroin along with crack cocaine and cash Monday after a raid on a Manchester home, the Ocean County prosecutor's office announced Tuesday.

Three people were arrested as a result of the raid that followed a three-month investigation, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Darnell Williams, 35, and Nyesa Richardson, 33, both of Manchester, and Daniel Crudup, 61, of Brick, all were arrested in connection with the case, Billhimer said.

Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Narcotics Strike Force and the Manchester Township Police Department conducted an investigation that authorities allege showed a Manchester home and two motor vehicles were being used to store and distribute cocaine and heroin.

On Monday detectives from the prosecutor's office and Manchester police pulled over a vehicle in the area of Route 571 and Route 70 in Manchester. At the same time, detectives and members of the Ocean County Regional SWAT Team, officers from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit and Manchester police executed a no-knock search warrant at the home.

Between the motor vehicle stop and search warrant, authorities seized about 260 grams of cocaine, 400 doses of heroin, 20 grams of "crack" cocaine, and $5,400, the prosecutor's office said.

Williams was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; distribution of cocaine; three counts of possession of cocaine; two counts of possession of heroin with intent to distribute; and two counts of possession of heroin.

Richardson was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine; possession of heroin with intent to distribute; and possession of heroin.

Crudup was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine; possession of heroin with intent to distribute; and possession of heroin.

Williams and Richardson were in the Ocean County Jail awaiting detention hearings, and Crudup was released on a summons pending a future court date.

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