WILDWOOD – Members of the Wildwood Police Department Detective Division were involved in a covert street-level narcotics investigation located in the city of Wildwood Oct. 6. During the developing investigation, detectives initiated a motor vehicle stop in the 4400 block of Pacific Avenue in Wildwood.
During the ensuing field interview of one of the occupants of the vehicle, it was determined that he was in possession of contraband. Further investigation revealed that the individual, identified as Kelvin Aguilar-Soto, 25, of Queens, N.Y., was in possession of 84 individual bags of heroin. The controlled dangerous substances were prepackaged for street level sales/distribution. The contraband had an estimated street value of approximately $1,000.
As a result of the recovery of the illicit narcotics, Aguilar-Soto was charged with the following criminal offenses; possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of certain public property and loitering with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.
Judge Dorothy Garrabrant of the Wildwood Municipal Court authorized bail at $100,000 dollars cash/bond no 10 percent all charges. Aguilar-Soto was unable to post bail and was incarcerated at the Cape May County Correctional Center.
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations and the defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.
