Toms River Man Charged With Dealing Heroin Twice In 2 Months: Police

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River man arrested in May on heroin distribution charges has been arrested again, after authorities say he continued to distribute heroin when he was released after the first arrest.

Gary Fox, 30, of Old Street in Toms River is being held in the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $60,000 bail, according to jail records.

Toms River Police Department spokesman Ralph Stocco said Fox was arrested in May after a monthlong investigation by the department's Special Enforcement Team led to the seizure of 80 wax folds of heroin and $740 in cash.

The investigation also led to a storage unit belonging to Fox where police seized 83 bricks of heroin — 4,150 doses of the drug, with a street value of $25,000, Stocco said.

Fox was charged with distributing heroin, possession of heroin and possession of over one-half ounce of heroin (second degree). His bail was set at $75,000, no 10 percent, but he eventually posted that amount, pending his appearance in court, Stocco said.

Stocco said a new investigation into Fox’s continued distribution of heroin was launched in July by the Special Enforcement Team and on July 28 a search warrant was executed at Fox's home, where police seized about 540 wax folds of heroin, more than a pound and a half of marijuana, $1,984 in cash, prescription medications, a scale and packaging materials used to distribute narcotics, he said.

Fox was charged with possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of over 50 grams of marijuana, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of Alprazolam, possession of Suboxone, and possession of drug paraphernalia, Stocco said.

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