Three Car Sleepers Charged after Drugs, Weapon Found in Vehicle

The following is based on information received from a law enforcement agency. The person(s) named is innocent unless proven otherwise in court.
WILDWOOD – Officers from the Wildwood Police Department responded to the 3800 block of Susquehanna Avenue May 24 at about 8:28 a.m. for a report of several subjects sleeping in a motor vehicle at that location.
According to a release, during the ensuing investigation, probable cause was developed and a search of the vehicle was conducted. As a result of the vehicle search, suspected controlled dangerous substance (CDS) (marijuana), various drug paraphernalia, Oxycodone, alcohol, and a .380-caliber revolver were recovered from the vehicle.
Subsequently, the three occupants of the vehicle, Kyiram Whelan, 18, Jahmai Carlton, 19, and Kamal Richardson,19, all of Pennsylvania, were taken into custody and transported to the Wildwood Police Department.
As a result of the investigation, all three were charged with possession of CDS (marijuana u/50g), possession of CDS paraphernalia, and minor in possession/consumption of alcohol.
Carlton and Richardson were released on summonses. Whelan was additionally charged with unlawful possession of a weapon (handgun), possession of a prohibited weapon (hollow point ammunition), and possession of Oxycodone.
Whelan’s charges were placed on a warrant complaint authorized by Municipal Court Judge Andrew Cafiero.
He was ultimately lodged in the Cape May County Correctional Facility in accordance with the New Jersey Bail Reform Directives.
Assisting in the investigation was the Wildwood Police Department Detective Division and the Wildwood Police Department K-9 Unit.