A search of the residence revealed a fully loaded .380-caliber handgun and 40 grams of marijuana packaged for sale in the kitchen, police said. A search of the rear bedroom revealed eight decks of heroin, one gram of crack cocaine, a digital scale and $1,936 in cash.
TRENTON – Marijuana, heroin, crack cocaine, cash and a handgun were seized from a Trenton residence after a monthlong investigation by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force, the county prosecutor’s office said today in a statement.
About 7 p.m. on Feb. 6, prosecutor’s and county sheriff’s officers, the New Jersey State Police TEAMS Unit, and Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Trenton police executed search warrants at the residence of the investigation’s target, Andre Tillery, 26, of Trenton, the statement said.
Tillery was found in his living room and taken into custody without incident, along with Jean Carlo Hernandez, 21, of Hamilton and Juan DeJesus, 22, of Trenton, the statement said.
A search of the residence revealed a fully loaded .380-caliber handgun and 40 grams of marijuana packaged for sale in the kitchen, the statement said.
A search of the rear bedroom revealed eight decks of heroin, one gram of crack cocaine, a digital scale and $1,936 in cash, the statement said.
The estimated street value of the seized narcotics totals approximately $580, Lt. Mike Novembre of the county’s Special Investigations Unit said in the statement.
Tillery, who also goes by the name Andre McCord, Hernandez and DeJesus were each charged with multiple counts of drug possession and possession with the intent to distribute, one count of possession of a weapon while committing a narcotics offense and possession of drug paraphernalia, the statement said.
Tillery was additionally charged with certain persons not to possess a weapon.
Tillery’s bail was set at $150,000. Bail was set for Hernandez and DeJesus at $100,000 each.
All three are being held at the Mercer County Correction Center.
Contact Nicole Mulvaney at nmulvaney@njtimes.com.
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