For Immediate Release:  September 8, 2020

On September 5, 2020, responding to complaints regarding drug distribution in the area, a Galloway man was arrested with heroin and marijuana.

Officers Auttika Taing and Sandra Lino-Melo observed Adam Jones Jr loitering in a parking lot in the first south block of Florida Avenue.    Residents and business owners have complained about the use and distribution of drugs on the block. 

Jones was continually engaging with individuals as they walked down the street.  Officers Taing and Lino-Melo began to watch these encounters and saw Jones conduct a drug transaction with an unknown man.  As the man walked off, the officers approached Jones.  Once seeing the officers, Jones put a fanny pack he was holding in his car.  The officers recovered the pack and located 400 bags of heroin and more than 12 grams of marijuana.  Jones was arrested without incident.

ARRESTED:  Adam Jones Jr., 21, of Galloway, NJ.

CHARGES:  Two counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession with intent to distribute CDS, possession with intent to distribute CDS within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and single counts of possession of narcotic paraphernalia and loitering with the purpose to distribute narcotics.

Jones was released on a summons with a future court date.

Anyone with information about the distribution of narcotics is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Special Investigations Section at 609-347-5858.  Information can be text to tip411 (847411).  Begin the text with ACPD.  All texts are anonymous.

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Alert sent on 09/08/2020 at 4:03PM EDT

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