Another news announcement Thursday from the Middletown Township Police Department.
On February 15, 2012 the Middletown Police Detective Bureau and Quality of Life Unit executed a search warrant at a residence located on Church Street in the Belford section of Middletown after an investigation into the distribution of narcotics from the home by a husband and wife.
Police charged Richard Weber, age 41, and April Weber, age 35, with Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute within 500 feet of a Public Park, Possession of under 50 Grams of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Fireworks, Unlawful Possession of Xanax, Possession of Endocet with the Intent to Distribute and three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Richard Weber was also charged with Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest.
Police recovered Cocaine, Marijuana, Xanax, Endocet, a variety of drug paraphernalia and illegal fireworks as well as $46,384.00 in currency police say was profit from the illegal sale of narcotics by the pair. The money was seized for possible forfeiture. Richard Weber was held on $317,000 bail with no 10% option and April Weber was held on $160,000 bail with no 10% option set by Judge Thomas Scully of the Monmouth County Superior Court. Both were being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Facility in Freehold, NJ.
The execution of the search warrant was a result of a month long investigation conducted by Patrolman Frank Mazza and Patrolman John Mele of the Quality of Life Unit. The Detective Bureau was assisted by Sergeant Charles Terefenko, Corporal Joseph Glynn and Corporal Patricia Colangelo of the Middletown Police Department and Sheriffs Officer Kurt Kroeper and his canine partner Evan of the Monmouth County Sheriffs Department.
