OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
NARCOTICS STRIKE FORCE LAKEWOOD DRUG ARRESTS
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced the culmination of a month long investigation into illegal drug activity in Ocean County. Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Narcotics Strike Force collaborated with the Lakewood Township Police Department to conduct an investigation into the distribution of Marijuana and THC Vaping Oils in the Lakewood area.
On Monday, March 4, 2019, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force Detectives, along with members of the Lakewood Police Street Crimes Unit and the Lakewood Police Special Response Team executed a no-knock search warrant at a Lakewood address. As a result of the investigation and the execution of the search warrant, Detectives seized quantities of Marijuana, THC Extract, THC Vaping Oil, and Drug Paraphernalia indicative of the Manufacture and Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances and $7,500.00 in cash.
Henry Martin, 32, of Lakewood, was charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute More than One Ounce But Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana In or Within 500 Feet of a Public Housing Project in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1a, Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession of More Than 50 Grams of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(3), Possession of Less Than Fifty Grams of THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(4) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2. Martin is lodged in the Ocean County Jail awaiting a detention hearing.
Janice Rivera, 31, 32, of Lakewood, was charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute More than One Ounce But Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana In or Within 500 Feet of a Public Housing Project in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1a, Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession of More Than 50 Grams of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(3), Possession of Less Than Fifty Grams of THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(4) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2. Rivera is lodged in the Ocean County Jail awaiting a detention hearing.
Darian Buddoo, 32, of Lakewood, was charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute More than One Ounce But Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana In or Within 500 Feet of a Public Housing Project in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1a, Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than One Ounce but Less Than Five Pounds of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11), Possession of More Than 50 Grams of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(3), Possession of Less Than Fifty Grams of THC Extract in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(4) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2. Buddoo is lodged in the Ocean County Jail awaiting a detention hearing.
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit will determine if additional charges are warranted.
Members of the public and the press are reminded that all defendants are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Maybe try getting more heroin and phentanyl off the streets instead of wasting time and money on a harmless plant
Worry more about all the heroin use in this county!!!!! Smh
Linda Marie seriously!!! Nobody is overdosing on bathroom floors by smoking or vaping weed!!!
Patrick Brennan it’s so ridiculous isnt it?
Really. Over weed and vape
Oil… come
On
Who cares about weed?! Let the weed be and go after heroin
This is ridiculous
Herion dealers are murders !!!!
Frank Ryan weed dealers make people happy and calm
Ridiculous
They still arrest people for weed? I think lakewood has worse problems
Sean Schneider right I would be more focused on the stupid Jews stealing and raping everybody
Sean Schneider that’s weird…cause lakewood cops don’t usually do shit…oh wait they stop traffic for the blueclaws games…that’s all they fucking do
Danielle Fuchs you mean the hasidics ? lmao
Not all jews are like them.
Scottie Doesntknow hahahaha i mean your not wrong.
Sean Schneider I think the marijuana charges in nj are suspended so you catch a charge hit the county get out and are never prosecuted. Just saying seems like a waste of resources considering the huge heroine problem down there.
Jason McGee if thats the case then absolutely its a huge waste of resources.
If he was arrested its because he has a lot of points on his record.
Jason McGee I think you’re referring to heroin unless there is a serious issue with heroic females we are unaware of.
I thought weed is legal either make it or dont make it waste of time arresting for weed
Pete Zito ???
vape oil are you kidding
Oh no lock them up and throw away the key!!! ?
That’s alotta time energy and waste of resources. Marijuana really
Dispensaries in nj can’t keep up stock there are so few. These guys were just doing a service to the state. Just silly waste of tme anymore
Exactly!
Stop fucking with pepole for bud worry Bout dope & crAck
Manny Napoles Leave the crack out of it crackheads amuse me
Lol
Manny Napoles ????
It’s a plant
Talk about a waste of resources.
Matt Clark ❤️???
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All for some weed tho?
Julie Feliciano exactly ??
Krystal Turnbull I mean we see how many overdoses are being reported DAILY, but yes let’s waste time and money and resources on weed and leave the heroin to the streets.
Lakewood police arrest people for weed?
Wow. Nj is a joke. And this poor guy will probably go away for so long. But with all the heroin out in the street let’s just leave it we got to get then pot dealers we can’t make no profit off of them no overdoses from them can’t use narcanol or whatever it is they use can’t put them in rehab can’t make no money off them..
Good chance by the time he is tried it could be legal in this state so why waste time on such low level nonsense? People are ODing left and right…that is not from weed….this is not a bust, this was a waste of time…go after real problems
Really arresting people for weed this state is bull crap go after the crack and Heroin
Danny W Borden and meth!
Yes
Thank God! I just overdosed last night on my vape pen! It could have been tragic but i just woke up in a great mood ?
For some reason i think traffic law enforcement would do more for public safety in that town
Waste of time and money while I read about heroin od’s everyday….
The police will do anything to make themselves look like heroes
It’s basically legal, wasted tax dollars, unless they thought they were getting something else
Isnt weed decriminalized yet
Sean Flynn
Y’all on the verge of legalizing it…
Budding entrepreneurs..
they were of the wrong religion
Really? With all the heroin and other hard drugs you arrest someone for weed? Tax payers would rather see the actual addicts and distributors of hard stuff go down. I pray this man gets released with no charges Bc what a joke
What a waste of time
Wow going hard over weed when its about to be legal…smh instead of arresting people for worse shit out here sad
Weed isn’t the thing killing people! I think it’s a waste of money going after pot dealers when it’s gonna be legal soon. Funny I never see empty van pens and weed bags on the ground, but I always see empty heroin bags and needles all over the place. Lets fight the real problem out there!
What’s THC stand for?
Ocean county is a fuckin joke for real STUPID but its ok that harder drugs are sold a lot more in lakewood
Seriously??
The cops should be on traffic duty in Lakewood instead of wasting tax money on weed. So stupid
Kevin Paris if they wrote the Hasidic’s traffic or cellphone tickets there wouldn’t be a budget crisis in Lakewood
Kevin Paris if they wrote the Hasidic’s traffic or cellphone tickets there wouldn’t be a budget crisis in Lakewood
It would definitely be a safer town.
It would definitely be a safer town.
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Kevin Paris you can’t blame the local Pd on this, it’s all prosecutors office.
Not wrong!
So that’s all Lakewood has to worry about is a little bit of weed and some Vape pens??? How about all the other fraudulent activity that goes on in plain sight From all the Jews????
Jeff Iannuzzelli it was the first orthodox jewish polices first arrest
??? Really thou….
I wonder if running stop signs, red lights, and hitchhiking is actually legal in that town
Weed and vape oil!! A month long investigation. Let’s dig a little deeper and get the ones with the big guns.
Are you kidding me.. lakewood is worried about weed when the biggest corruption exist there.. what a joke of a town…
Really? Gimme a break
It’s weed which is about to be legal all
Over the states idiots
The ones they need to get after are the heroin distributors and cocaine. Marijuana is nothing. Never heard of someone who OD’D on marijuana. Heroin is the problem and then the use of all this narcan to bring them back. How much is that costing the taxpayers? Let the person using pay for the narcan
But in a year’s time the government will be selling it and taxing it. It will be ok then tho, right?! Weed is not a drug. Wasting tax dollars. Do a “month long investigation” on whos selling the heroin. Weed isnt killing people. WAKE UP
Matt Reardon ????????????
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Free them (I don’t know them but dam it’s just weed)
They look so indignant, they’re out already and I doubt they’ll show up for court!
As if we should waste anybody else’s time and money (i.e. MINE AND YOURS) to uphold these criminal laws on a fucking harmless plant.
So y’all basically stole his cash over some weed?
The boss Ricky Ross
Need to worry more about heroin and less about weed
Ridiculous!!!!
Lol
I thought they weren’t prosecuting on weed right now? Did I miss another change?
Jason Greiner waste of time and money…
Busting kids for weed smh how about the heroine? So many overdoses from what? Have yet to hear someone overdosed from hitting a bong too much or too many blunts foh
Johnny J Hammond Jr. I’ve smoked so much I passed out LOL, these people are ridiculous, I carry my cartridge everywhere I go I give no fucks LOL that’s the perks of living in Florida
I wonder how many heroin transactions occurred in this area while this month long multi agency pot investigation went on.
I wonder how many heroin transactions occurred in this area while this month long multi agency pot investigation went on.
Really? Ain’t got Nottin on south jersey ?
Really? Ain’t got Nottin on south jersey ?
How you going to lock people up for selling weed to pay bills when you’re about to legalize selling weed to pay government bills….
How you going to lock people up for selling weed to pay bills when you’re about to legalize selling weed to pay government bills….
You gotta be shitting me
You gotta be shitting me
Danalynn Post vape oil?? Lol really
Weed… And thc oil. Really. Big bust there.
Danalynn Post oooo …no heroin tho hih.. How many people od’d today that they saves n let back out on the street while that dude sita in jail for a plant
Nikki Goodson for real. They just busted someone in Toms River with like 800 wax folds of dope.. Bet that dude is out right now. Find something better to do than bust pot dealers.
Danalynn Post for real
So stupid!!!!!!
So stupid!!!!!!
All this investigation and efforts for weed but if a orthodox jew steals a million dollars it’s a slap in the wrist why can they have a long investigation of their criminal activities
All this investigation and efforts for weed but if a orthodox jew steals a million dollars it’s a slap in the wrist why can they have a long investigation of their criminal activities
Say what?! But please…let’s ignore the heroin use and ignored crimes in certain towns all so we can make our budget…makes sense ?♀️
LMAO good job jackasses of Lakewood you solved the weed problem… Now what about the real shit? Too much for the “big boys” of Lakewood to handle? LMAO fucking joke
Wasted time money and resources.
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Weed and vape oil? lolllll
Focus on actual drugs, ocean county.
Leave WEED ALONE
Governor Phil Murphy stop wasting my tax dollars on shit like this and legalize weed
This is how it started in my town in mystic . They fucked with everyone who smoked weed. Then next thing you know those people on probation start doing pills cause they can pass drug test quicker then here comes the dope. Sad man. Got more shit to worry about then people selling weed .
Seriously bro?
What a waste of tax payer money and law enforcement time. It probably cost a few hundred thousand dollars to make the arrests
More comments on this than the pedophile in Waretown ??
way bigger issues to deal with in lakewood. but thanks @ cops who have nothing better to do.
Yeah but a Hasidic can steal millions and gets a hug for it fuck off fuck Lakewood and fuck that religion . So much more bullshit here than WEED
No plants for you, GOYIM.
OY VEY DA HOLOCAUST stop being so anti-Semitic, even though Semitic != Jewish but just ignore that microaggression, goy.
Rob M Swarner huh
CONGRATS YOU GUYS REALLY GOT THE REAL CRIMINALS BRAVO! Fuckin idiots. Waste of tax payers money
Was this the first orthodox jewish police officers first arrest?
Weed and vape oil??!! Really??!! ??♀️They must be really bored over there in Lakewood!!!
Worry bout these grown ass men raping these little kids
I just saw a couple kids riding their bikes without helmets if you’re looking for another big bust.
Ridiculous
Savages I say, SAVAGES!!!!!!!
Neh Rick Ross is supposed to come on March 30th @ Atlanta city
Great job eliminating the threat of a few ounces of a recreational drug that’s basically decriminalized instead of focusing on the heroin epidemic that plagues Ocean County.
The world is a better place today. We would have all gone crazy and would have been highly addicted if that stuff hit the street. Probably has a street value of about 5-10k. Good job guys, you deserve a raise and an award for your outstanding police skills. Completely sarcastic if you cannot tell
Just wasting our time and resources. The Jews are robbing the system blind and our great police force is spending a month watching a black man sell weed. What a disgrace. I wonder if he pays half the fines will they drop the charges like they did to the Hasidics
Like everyone else said, going after weed? How pathetic are you guys.
Meanwhile 2 blocks away someone just sold 30 bags of dope to some kid that’s going to die tonight ? focus people focus!!! Low hanging fruit.
Y’all are worried about drugs in Lakewood..what about Lakewood itself? ??
Omg nooooo not that!
Great job ocean county glad you’re spending your Money on taking off things from the street that can actually help people instead of all that heroin that’s killing everybody in your county. Congratulations
Meanwhile… my upstairs neighbor who was already raided by swat is still selling drugs out of his apartment to other neighbors and everyone else that staggers to the door all hours day and night. Everyone knows yet no one cares. Amber grove must be a crackhead safe haven with all the drugs coming in and out of here
Wow, how about focusing on getting heroin, meth and fentanyl off the streets, you know the drugs that are actually killing people! Smh!
Can’t you just arrest people for corruption
Mike Pedulla Better yet actually prosecute the people you arrest
Omg !!!! Seriously. Let the man go .. get the heroin assholes. Never heard of an od from smoking pot or vaping it . Get real and stop spending money where it’s not necessary
?????? what a waste of money and resources. Could have been spent elsewhere, with more important things to worry about. Good job jackasses !
A month long dime bag investigation? ?
Narcotics Strike Force? What a waste of money. He’ll probably end up expunged anyway ?. Making it while they can I guess. Harass & collect.
Month long investigation for marijuana and vapes.
Nice waste of taxpayer dollars.
Nothing better to do in Lakewood ? Seriously ?
What a joke
Really? This is what our law enforcement resources are being wasted on?
Everyone’s disappointed about this. Way to go.
Andrew Cutrone Have you ever smoked weed?
Really?!
Really for weed ?
It’s going to be legal soon
Waste of taxpayers money
Getting a jump start on the black market sales
I for one will sleep soundly tonight knowing that these dangerous criminals are off the streets ?
You could put more effort into the investigation to find out who is responsible for the home invasion and nearly beating an elderly couple to death in the Eagle Ridge retirement community. But you would rather waste a month spying on a couple guys selling weed. Of course, we already know who is responsible for the home invasion, the authorities are just looking the other way. It’s sad.
Patrick McMahon “We Are Getting The Drugs off the Streets SIR! ??