Crime & Safety
Barnegat Men Busted During Drug Deal
Police arrest two after intercepting sale of Percocet behind Spirits Bar
Barnegat police arrested two township residents yesterday after catching them in the middle of a drug sale.
Members of the Barnegat Township Police Department's investigative division approached Robert Gunnell, 31, and Ryan Anderson, 29, at about 9 p.m. after seeing them acting suspiciously behind Spirits Bar on Route 9, said Barnegat Police Lt. Patrick Shaffery.
The officers, unnamed because the incident involved a narcotics investigation, discovered Gunnell was distributing Percocet to Anderson, and both men were arrested.
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Anderson was charged with possession and released on a complaint summons. Gunnell was charged with posession of Percocet, posession of Percocet with intent to distribute and distribution of percocet and was given a complaint summons.
Gunnell was lodged in the Ocean County Jail after being unable to post $4,245 bail from two unrelated outstanding arrest warrants out of Ocean Township and the Ocean County Sheriffs Department.
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