Police cracking down on increased drug activity at Brick Boulevard Wawa

Dinesh Patel

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Friday, April 9th, the Street Crimes Unit made several arrests stemming from investigation into suspicious drug related activity in the area of the Wawa at 116 Brick Blvd.

Just after 11:30 in the morning, Detectives observed a subject, later identified as Shayna Palmieri (31 years old from Toms River), exit her parked vehicle and enter the passenger side of another vehicle with one male occupant, later identified as Dandre Tubbs (33 years old from Toms River).

The two were observed conducting what appeared to be a drug transaction. A subsequent motor vehicle stop led to the discovery of 200 wax folds of heroin and 10 Xanax pills.


Palmieri was charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of heroin and paraphernalia. She was lodged in Ocean County Jail. Tubbs was charged with distributing heroin, possession of heroin, possession of Xanax, and paraphernalia. He was also lodged in Ocean County Jail.

Less than an hour later, another Detective from the SCU observed the occupant of a white sedan engaged in a hand-to-hand transaction with the occupants of another vehicle. A vehicle stop was conducted which resulted in the arrest of three people for drug-related crimes.

Steven Weber (55 years old from Little Egg Harbor Township) was found to be in possession of 210 wax folds of heroin, approximately five grams of crack-cocaine, a large amount of U.S. currency, and a pill bottle containing urine. He was charged with distributing heroin, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, possession with the intent to distribute crack, possession of heroin, possession of crack, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a device used to defraud the administration of a drug test, and several motor vehicle violations. Weber was lodged in Ocean County Jail.

Alysia Wojceichowski (27 years old from Little Egg Harbor) was charged with possession of heroin, possession of crack, possession of hypodermic syringes and drug paraphernalia. She was lodged in Ocean County Jail.

Stephanie Lewicki (37 years old from Little Egg Harbor) was charged with possession of heroin and possession of hypodermic syringes. She was released on a summons.

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