TOMS RIVER, NJ – A 56-year-old Toms River drug dealer is heading to prison after being found guilty by a jury of his peers.

On November 10, 2020, Detectives from the Lakewood Township Police Department Street Crimes Unit observed John Williams, 56, of Toms River, and a second individual in a parking lot between 2nd and 3rd Streets – crouched behind two motor vehicles for approximately 30 seconds. 

“The second individual subsequently walked away from the scene.  Detectives approached Williams and detected an odor of raw marijuana emanating from his person,” according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer. ” A subsequent search of Williams based upon the odor of marijuana resulted in the recovery of 164 wax folds of a compound of heroin, fentanyl and 4-ANPP, approximately 17 grams of cocaine, a quantity of Marijuana, a digital scale, plastic baggies, and approximately $1,250 in United States currency.”


Williams was taken into custody and transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he has remained since the date of his arrest.  He will continue to remain lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending sentencing.

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