Cops: Identical Twins Busted Two Weeks Apart; Nearly 1,000 Bags Of Heroin Found

Identical twins are among three people facing multiple charges of drug possession and distribution as a result of two major drug-distribution investigations in New Jersey.

Patricia Brown, 55, of Egret Drive, Toms River, and Eric Dawson, 23, of South Munn Drive in East Orange, were arrested on Thursday, April 2, as a result of one investigation, said Ralph Stocco, spokesman for the Toms River Police Department.

Dawson is the identical twin brother of Robert Dawson, who was arrested during a March 18 drug bust at a Harrison Road home in Toms River that led to the seizure of 220 bags of heroin and 25 bags of crack cocaine, Stocco said.

On April 2, Stocco said, members of the department’s Special Enforcement Team conducted surveillance in the area of the Howard Johnson’s motel, 955 Hooper Ave., after receiving a tip about narcotics distribution there.

After observing suspicious activity from one of the motel rooms, officers made contact with the individuals located inside, later identified as Brown and Eric Dawson. A search of the motel room led to the seizure of about 700 bags of heroin, 118 bags of crack cocaine, 5 grams of powder cocaine, oxycodone and alprazolam pills, along with scales and packaging material, he said.

More than $5,200 in cash was seized as well, Stocco said.

Brown is being held in the Ocean County Jail, Toms RIver, in lieu of $200,000 cash bail set by Judge Francis R. Hodgson Jr. She is charged with: possession of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to distribute, over 1⁄2 ounce; possession of cocaine; possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute over 1⁄2 ounce; possession of alprazolam; possession of oxycodone, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Eric Dawson is being held in the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $200,000 cash bail as set by Hodgson. He is charged with: possession of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to distribute over 1⁄2 ounce; possession of cocaine; possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute over 1⁄2 ounce; and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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