Crime Scene Middletown: DISABLED VEHICLE LEADS TO ARRESTS OF FOUR ON DRUG CHARGES

PREPARED BY DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT STEPHEN DOLLINGER

On January 16, 2011 at approximately 5:50 pm Patrolman Robert Mc Nair was on patrol in the area of Campbell Avenue in Belford when he observed a vehicle being operated with a rear flat tire. Officer Mc Nair stopped the vehicle to advise the driver of the tire’s condition.

Upon approaching the vehicle and speaking with the occupants, Officer Mc Nair observed some loose marijuana on the clothing of a rear seat passenger, a seventeen year old juvenile from Willis Avenue in Keansburg. He also observed a Dutch Master cigar, which is commonly used to smoke marijuana, on the seat next to the passenger.

Officer Mc Nair then asked all the occupants to exit the vehicle so that he could conduct a search of the interior. While doing so he located a Winston cigarette box which contained more marijuana. All the occupants were then placed under arrest for Possession of under 5o grams of marijuana.

Arrested along with the seventeen year old passenger were Thomas Parnell, age 19, from Woodside Avenue in Keansburg, Damon Crook, age 19 from Oak Street in Keansburg and another seventeen year old juvenile from Seeley Avenue in Keansburg.