Mercer County Man Arrested, $7,500 In Cocaine Seized: Prosecutor

A Mercer County man has been arrested and $7,500 in cocaine was seized following a month-long investigation, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

Leonard Zuhlcke, 31, of Trenton, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession with the intent to distribute, possession with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center.

Zuhlcke was arrested outside his home on Emory Avenue at about 5 p.m. on June 21. Police say a search of his home resulted in the seizure of about 150 grams of powder and crack cocaine in the garage, a digital scale and packaging material.

Officers with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Hamilton and Trenton police, under the command of the prosecutor’s Special Investigations Unit, assisted with the investigation.

The attached image of Leonard Zuhlcke was provided by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office