AR-15 Assault Rifle, Drugs Found in NJ Turnpike Stop in Cranbury

Cranbury Township, NJ - A New Hampshire man and woman were both high on drugs when NJ State Troopers pulled them over on the Turnpike Saturday — and found $18,000 worth of drugs and guns, including an AR-15 assault rifle, inside their car, police said.

At 6:23 a.m. Saturday, March 5, Trooper Erik Tapia pulled over a 2010 Hyundai at milepost 69.2 on the Turnpike southbound in Cranbury Township.

The woman, Sloane Page, 31, of Henicker, N.H. was driving, and Troy Gagnon, 29, of Nashua, N.H., was in the passenger seat, police said. Troopers searched the car and inside, found a 9mm handgun, an AR-15 assault rifle, an expandable baton and high-capacity magazines. They also found multiple boxes of ammunition, hollow point ammunition, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription pills, they charge. All the weapons had been reported stolen, detectives later learned.

Page was arrested for DWI. Both she and Gagnon were charged with multiple drug charges, including being under the influence of CDS, as well as unlawful possession of a handgun and unlawful possession of an assault rifle, among other weapons charges. They were lodged in Middlesex County Jail with bail set at $250,000, with no 10% option.

Pictured: Sloane Page; Troy Gagnon; State Trooper David Wilkinson (left) and Trooper Erik Tapia.