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Lakewood Man Receives Ten-Year Prison Sentence for Drug Charges

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Lakewood Man Receives Ten-Year Prison Sentence for Drug Charges

**Toms River, NJ** – Timothy Myers, a 52-year-old resident of Lakewood, was sentenced on November 1 to ten years in New Jersey State Prison. The sentence was handed down by Judge Kenneth T. Palmer following Myers’ guilty plea to possessing more than half an ounce of cocaine with intent to distribute.

On July 4, 2023, officers from the Lakewood Township Police Department Street Crimes Unit observed suspicious behavior involving Myers’ vehicle. The Ford Expedition made a sudden U-turn on John Street before stopping in a parking lot on Jay Street. A female passenger was seen entering and then returning from a nearby Mercedes Benz.

Detectives approached the car and Myers agreed to a search, which uncovered 23 grams of cocaine packaged for sale and two bricks of heroin. Myers was arrested without incident and later released due to New Jersey Bail Reform regulations.

Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer commended Assistant Prosecutor Alexander Becker and the Lakewood Township Police Department Street Crimes Unit for their collaboration, leading to Myers’ guilty plea and subsequent sentencing.

Six New Jersey Prison Guards Indicted for False Reports After Incident with Inmate

Indictment Announced for Six NJ Correctional Officers

**TRENTON, NJ** – The New Jersey Attorney General, Matthew J. Platkin, and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) have announced that a state grand jury has indicted six correctional police officers. These charges are linked to the 2020 assault of an inmate at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility.

The indictment, composed of seven counts, accuses the officers of pepper spraying and forcibly removing an inmate from a cell on April 8, 2020. Additionally, the officers are alleged to have filed false reports concerning the incident.

The officers facing charges include Sgt. Michael Emmert and Senior Corrections Officers Christopher Toth, Mark Sadlowski Jr., Raymond Quinones, Michael Gaines, and Michael Ambrozaitis. The indictment follows an investigation by the OPIA’s Corruption Bureau and the Department of Corrections’ Special Investigations Division.

All officers are charged with official misconduct, tampering with public records, and falsifying or tampering with records. Emmert and Toth face an additional charge of aggravated assault. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Brooklyn Man Receives Prison Sentence for Knife Attack

Brooklyn Man Receives Prison Sentence for Knife Assault

**Brooklyn, NY** – A Bushwick man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for slashing a stranger with a knife and attacking a bystander who tried to intervene, according to an announcement by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

The defendant, Michael Ruiz, 46, was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Laura Johnson on Friday. He received a three-and-a-half-year prison term with three years of post-release supervision. Ruiz was convicted on August 19 of second-degree assault and third-degree attempted assault following a jury trial.

The incident occurred on June 28, 2022, at approximately 2:15 a.m. on Berry Street in Greenpoint. The 39-year-old victim was on the phone outside his apartment when Ruiz, a stranger, threatened him. Ruiz left to retrieve a knife from his car and continued to menace the victim upon returning.

A bystander attempting to intervene was punched by Ruiz, who then kicked the original victim to the ground and slashed him with the knife. The victim sustained injuries including a fractured orbital bone and arm laceration, requiring 15 stitches. Ruiz was apprehended on October 6, 2022