Stolen Vehicle Recovered, Drugs Found

Brick: Late Friday night, August 8 th , at approximately 11:30 P.M., Officer Scott Mesmer observed two vehicles parked in a dark area in the parking lot of the Auto Zone in front of Brick Plaza. The vehicles were parked in such a way that it appeared the occupants were talking to each other. As he pulled into the parking lot to get a closer look one of the vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee, quickly pulled out of the parking lot, exiting through the entrance, and headed north on Chambers Bridge Rd. Officer Mesmer observed that the Cherokee had a headlight and a tail light out. Officer Mesmer stopped the Cherokee, pulling into the 7-11 on Chambers Bridge Rd.

The occupants of the vehicle, Romario Sharrier (25 years old of Newark) and Oscar Euceda (18 years old of Atlantic City) did not give Officer Mesmer consistent answers when he asked them about their involvement with the other vehicle they were talking to in the parking lot of the Auto Zone. When Officer Joe Lardieri arrived at the scene of the stop to assist Officer Mesmer, Lardieri observed drugs inside the vehicle. With the aid of the Brick Police Street Crimes Unit additional drugs and contraband were discovered including several glass smoking pipes with crack residue, empty wax folds used to store heroin, approximately 100 pills suspected to be ecstasy and a BB gun pistol. In addition to the contraband, several plastic gloves were found in the vehicle.

Officers Eric Haugh and John Alexander responded to the Auto Zone parking lot while Officers Mesmer and Lardieri had the Cherokee stopped. Haugh and Alexander found the other vehicle, a BMW SUV, unoccupied, but running. A check of the license plate revealed that the vehicle was stolen.

Both Sharrier and Euceda were arrested. Sharrier was charged with Possession of Marijuana, Possession of s Weapon, Possession of Paraphernalia, 2 Counts of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, in addition to several motor vehicle summonses. Sharrier was lodged in Ocean County Jail.

Euceda was charged with Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Weapon, Possession of Paraphernalia, 2 Counts of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance. Euceda was lodged in Ocean County Jail.