Crime & Safety
Cocaine, $11,000, Guns Seized In Toms River Bust, Police Say
The apartment raid also turned up other drugs and was the result of a monthlong investigation, police said.
TOMS RIVER. NJ -- A 19-year-old Toms River man is facing drug and weapons charges after a drug bust turned up cocaine, marijuana, two handguns and nearly $11,000 in cash, Toms River police said.
Fejon Sutton, 19, who was arrested Wednesday, was the target of a monthlong narcotics investigation, said Ralph Stocco, spokesman for the Toms River Police Department.
A search warrant was executed Wednesday at Sutton's residence in the Toms River Apartments complex on Main Street, Stocco said, and police found 33 grams of cocaine, marijuana, oxycodone and clonazepam, Stocco said.
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Additionally seized were two handguns and $10,944 in cash, Stocco said.
Sutton was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute over a half-ounce, possession of a handgun during a drug offense, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of oxycodone, possession of clonazepam, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia, Stocco said.
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He is being held at the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Also charged during the investigation was Tyesha Conover-Hart, of the same address, with possession of marijuana. She was released on a summons pending her future court date, Stocco said.
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