RIO GRANDE – Members of the Middle Township Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit observed two men, identified as Thomas McCullen and Juan Rodriguez-Roman, meet and engage in what appeared to be a drug transaction in a Rio Grande parking lot located on the 1500 block of Route 47 Feb. 1. When members of the Street Crimes Unit approached McCullen and Rodriguez-Roman, Rodriguez-Roman attempted to flee the area. He was quickly apprehended. Officers recovered eight wax folds of heroin from Rodriguez-Roman.
Middle Township Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit and the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant on Rodriguez-Roman’s room at a motel on the 1400 block of Route 47. As a result of the search, 84 bags of heroin were seized, along with 14 doses of Suboxone.
As a result of this investigation, McCullen was charged with possession of heroin, a crime of the third degree, and lodged in Cape May County Correctional Center in lieu of $15,000 full cash bail.
Rodriguez-Roman was charged with two counts of possession of CDS, a crime of the third degree, two counts of distribution of CDS, a crime of the third degree, resisting arrest, a crime of the third degree, and hindering apprehension, a crime of the fourth degree. Rodriguez-Roman was lodged in Cape May County Correctional Center in lieu of $140,000 full cash bail.
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations and the defendants are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty. This report is based on information received from law enforcement.
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