{"id":4103,"date":"2020-05-14T16:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2020-05-14T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:27:23","slug":"manchester-brick-men-charged-in-raid-that-turned-up-kilo-of-cocaine-loaded-guns-30k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/05\/manchester-brick-men-charged-in-raid-that-turned-up-kilo-of-cocaine-loaded-guns-30k\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester, Brick Men Charged in Raid That Turned Up Kilo of Cocaine, Loaded Guns, $30K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victor Mendoza-Gutierrez and Jose Quintero. (Photos: OCPO)<\/p><\/div>\n

A pair of Brick and Manchester residents are facing charges connected to a drug distribution investigation that ended with raids by police at homes in both townships this week.<\/p>\n

The searches of homes and vehicles came after a three-month long investigation by detectives with the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, said OCPO spokesman Bryan Huntenberg in a statement.<\/p>\n

Jose Quintero, 36, of Brick, and Victor Mendoza-Gutierrez, 24, of Manchester, are facing numerous drug and weapons charges. According to a statement from the prosecutor\u2019s office, police on Wednesday executed no-knock search warrants at both the Manchester and Brick residences. The addresses of the homes were not listed in the statement.<\/p>\n

Just prior to the execution of the search warrants, Brick Township police arrested Quintero following the execution of a motor vehicle stop upon his 2019 Ford F150. Mendoza-Gutierrez was apprehended at the Manchester residence. As a result of the investigation and execution of the search warrants, law enforcement located and seized multiple loaded firearms, approximately 1,050 grams of cocaine, 20 grams of methamphetamine, a quantity of marijuana, drug paraphernalia \u201cindicative of distribution purposes,\u201d a high-end security system, and approximately $30,000 in cash, the statement said.<\/p>\n

Both men were charged with possession of more than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute, maintaining a controlled dangerous substance production facility, possession of a firearm while committing a drug offense, maintaining a fortified manufacturing facility, two counts of simple cocaine possession, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditional charges may be forthcoming as the investigation continues,\u201d Huntenberg said.<\/p>\n

Quintero is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing. Mendoza-Gutierrez was processed at Manchester Township Police Headquarters and released pending a future court appearance.<\/p>\n

Units involved in the investigation and searches included: the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit, Ocean County Regional SWAT Team, Northern Ocean County\/Monmouth Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force (HIDTA), Manchester Township Police Department Narcotics Enforcement Team, Brick Township Police Department Street Crimes Unit, Brick Township Police Department K-9 Unit, Brick Township Police Department SERT, Lakewood Police Department Street Crimes Unit, and Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9 Unit .<\/p>\n

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A pair of Brick and Manchester residents are facing charges connected to a drug distribution investigation that ended with raids by police at homes in both townships this week. The searches of homes and vehicles came after a three-month long investigation by detectives with the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, said OCPO spokesman Bryan Huntenberg in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-police-fire-courts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pjimage.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}