Two Ocean County Men Arrested Moving Drugs Through Atlantic City

Dinesh Patel

ATLANTIC CITY-On September 25, 2019, a motor vehicle stop resulted in the arrest of three men, including one man with ten active warrants for his arrest who fled from the stop.

At 12:25 pm, Officers Christopher Dodson and Eric Evans conducted a motor vehicle stop at Indiana and Hummock Avenues. Once the driver, Jonah Adams, stopped the vehicle the rear passenger, Shaheem Vance-Milbourne, fled from the vehicle and ran from Officer Dodson. After a foot pursuit, Vance-Milbourn was arrested by responding officers. He was found in possession of 182 bags of heroin, five grams of heroin, and 16 prescription pills. Vance-Milbourne also had ten active warrants for his arrest from various Atlantic County police departments including an August 22 arrest warrant from Atlantic City when he fled from a motor vehicle stop.

Officer Evans arrested Adams and Zahir Milbourne after drugs were found in the car. Officers recovered 38 grams of marijuana, five prescription pills and one bag of heroin. Milbourne was also found in possession of more than four grams of cocaine.

ARRESTED: Shaheem Vance-Milbourne, a 27-year-old man from Egg Harbor Township, NJ.


CHARGES: Four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school zone, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, possession of CDS paraphernalia, and multiple active warrants.

Vance-Milbourne was remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

ARRESTED: Zahir Milbourne, a 20-year-old man from Little Egg Harbor, NJ.

CHARGES: Three counts of possession of CDS, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone and possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school zone.

ARRESTED: Jonah Adams, a 21-year-old man from Little Egg Harbor, NJ.

CHARGES: Two counts of possession of CDS and multiple motor vehicle summons.

Milbourne and Adams were released on a summons with a future court date.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411). Begin the text with ACPD.

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