2003
Media Releases:
CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA INFORMATION
January 13, 2003
Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi announced that a Camden
County Grand Jury today presented a 12-count indictment against
three people accused of participating in a marijuana distribution
operation.
The charges stem from a cooperative investigation by the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration and the Gloucester Township and Runnemede
police departments that resulted in the confiscation of approximately
63 pounds of marijuana from residences in Gloucester Township and
Runnemede
The indictment includes six counts against Lamont D. Payne, M/28,
of Charlottesville, Va. He is charged with Possession with Intent
to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Conspiracy to Possess
and Distribute CDS, CDS Possession, Eluding, Resisting Arrest, and
Hindering Apprehension.
Also indicted on charges of Possession of CDS, Possession with Intent
to Distribute CDS and Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute CDS were:
-
Fontane L. Hudson, F/33, of the Millbridge Apartments in Gloucester
Township;
- Alicia
Jillian Fortin, F/24, of the Presidential Apartments in Runnemede.
The investigation
began locally on June 20, 2002, when local DEA officials informed
Gloucester Township Police that they suspected illegal drugs had been
shipped to a unit at the Millbridge Apartments in Gloucester Township
from San Diego, Calif. Surveillance and further investigation led
authorities to arrest Hudson, the resident of the unit, and Fortin,
who came there to pick up the boxes that contained marijuana.
Based on information developed during the investigation, police attempted
to arrest Payne when he stopped in Lawnside after he had driven away
from Fortin's residence. As a uniformed officer approached Payne's
vehicle, the suspect allegedly drove away in a reckless manner. Officers
observed Payne throw something out the window before marked units
responded and apprehended him. Officers searched the area where the
defendant was seen throwing something out his vehicle window and found
tracking slips for the shipped boxes that contained the marijuana.
All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless
and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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