BRICK, NJ — The Brick Township Police Division Road Crimes Unit arrested 5 folks within the final two weeks of July, together with two people who find themselves dealing with prices after a cease within the Wawa parking zone on Drum Level Highway, police stated.
Robert Trella Jr., 46, of Toms River, and Crystal Rella, 36, of Brick, have been arrested July 14 after a site visitors cease on the Wawa, 383 Drum Level Highway, Brick Sgt. Jim Kelly stated.
Trella, who was driving a blue Honda CRV east on Drum Level Highway, was pulled over at 8:15 p.m. after detectives noticed a number of motorized vehicle violations, together with littering, failing to keep up its lane of journey, and an tools violation, Kelly stated.
Trella pulled into the parking zone on the Wawa and Brick Patrol Officers Andrew Bajor and Brennan Lanni assisted with the motorized vehicle cease, Kelly stated.
Detectives suspected there have been medicine within the automotive and known as for a Okay-9 officer; whereas they waited for the officer, Lakewood Officer Joseph Dellavella and Okay-9 Shim, to reach, Rella started getting offended and yelling obscenities on the officers, Kelly stated. Rella’s habits brought about a disturbance within the Wawa parking zone regardless of warnings from officers to relax, and he or she was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, he stated. She additionally was charged with littering and was launched on summonses.
In the course of the investigation detectives noticed Trella put one thing into his mouth, and tried to arrest him to retrieve it, Kelly stated. Trella tried to battle officers off however was ultimately handcuffed and the proof retrieved; the small package deal appeared to comprise methamphetamine, Kelly stated.
Trella was charged with possession of a managed harmful substance (CDS), drug paraphernalia, failure to show over CDS, hindering apprehension, obstruction and felony mischief, and launched with summonses. He additionally obtained summonses for the motorized vehicle violations, together with possession of a CDS in a motorized vehicle, Kelly stated.
On July 19, the Road Crimes Unit pulled over a car within the space of Brick Boulevard and Yorktowne Plaza, and a passenger within the car, Clifton Tancemore, 38, of Brick, was arrested on an excellent warrant out of Lavallette within the quantity of $200, Kelly stated. Tancemore was launched after posting bail.
On July 22, Omar Aragon-Mendoza, 44, of Lakewood, was arrested on cocaine and driving underneath the affect prices following an investigation within the parking zone at Pleasure Zone on Brick Boulevard, Kelly stated. Detectives conducting surveillance noticed suspicious exercise and several other motorized vehicle infractions and found the car had fictitious license plates from Illinois, he stated. Detectives stopped the car and recognized the motive force as Aragon-Mendoza, and he was arrested; in addition they found a plastic bag containing cocaine, Kelly stated.
Aragon-Mendoza was charged with driving underneath the affect, possession of CDS and paraphernalia, and issued site visitors summonses for reckless driving, careless driving, refusal to undergo a breath take a look at, failure to keep up lane, rushing, CDS in a motorized vehicle, failure to supply a driver’s license, failure to supply insurance coverage and registration, fictitious license plates, not carrying a seatbelt, uninsured motorist, improper passing, and driving with a suspended driver’s license. Aragon-Mendoza was taken to the Ocean County Jail and later launched to await future court docket proceedings.
On July 23, Dajon Reid, 30, of Brick, was arrested following a two-week narcotics investigation into heroin distribution, Kelly stated. Reid was charged with distributing CDS, and possession of CDS and paraphernalia. An undisclosed sum of money believed to be proceeds from the drug distribution was seized by Detectives, and Reid was lodged within the Ocean County Jail.
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