Drug possession charges and more for Parsippany man

Police supposedly received tips in April about an 18-year-old selling drugs. Police investigated the alleged drug possession crime, and then requested and received a search warrant for his home in Lake Hiawatha. At his home, New Jersey police reportedly found a black case containing a glass bong, a small bag of marijuana, a digital scale, a glass jar with marijuana inside, an unlabeled prescription bottle with 90 capsules orange in color, a small amount of Bromo-DragonFLY (a Hallucinogenic drug), as well as a stolen laptop.

The teenager received multiple charges including possession of hallucinogenic drug, possession of a prescription drug without proof of a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia, distribution of marijuana, theft, and employing someone under the age of 17 to distribute a dangerous controlled substance. He was taken into custody by police to Morris County jail.

The accused New Jersey teen definitely has an uphill battle to face. The charges that he faces are serious, though the actual amounts of drugs may be in question. In some cases, the evidence can be inadmissible in court because police did not follow the correct procedures to obtain a search warrant or searched the premises unlawfully. Whether this is the case in this particular incident is not clear, but it is something that the accused individual will want to consider as he struggles to prepare a meaningful defense to these drug possession and trafficking

Source: The Star-Ledger, “Parsippany man charged with using minor to sell drugs,” Dan Goldberg, May 10, 2012