STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ – Four Atlantic County men were arrested and charged after a seven-month-long investigation by the Stafford Township Police Department and the New Jersey State Police crime suppression unit for dealing drugs across Ocean and Atlantic Counties/
According to police, at around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, multiple agencies arrested four subjects and seized a large amount of evidence, including weapons, heroin, and fentanyl.
“An investigation began in April of 2022 when the Stafford Township Drug Enforcement Unit responded to numerous Heroin and Fentanyl related overdoses in which wax paper folds stamped “Beetlejuice” were recovered. Information gathered from these fatal and non-fatal overdoses led to a joint investigation with the NJSP Crime Suppression South Unit in Atlantic City,” the Stafford Police Department said in a statement.
Kai Sylvester, 27-year-old male of Somers Point, was identified as the main distributor in the operation and three others supported the illegal operation.
Arrested were:
Kai Sylvester, 27 years of Somers Point, NJ
Abdul Shakur Hopewell, 28 years of Atlantic City NJ
Javon Brooks, 39 years of Atlantic City, NJ
Leland Loftin, 49 years of Atlantic City, NJ