An Egg Harbor Township man has pleaded guilty to drug and weapon charges.
Neal Garrity, 34, admitted to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and unlawfully possessing parts for a so-call "ghost gun," along with a large-capacity magazine.
New Jersey State Police conducted an investigation into drugs sales around Atlantic County in May and June, culminating in a June 10 search of Garrity's Boston Avenue home and his vehicle.
Investigators found several hundred wax folds containing heroin, plastic bags with heroin residue, a digital scale and $2,334 in cash, according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by BreakingAC. He also had a 9mm "ghost gun" without a serial number and equipped with an extended magazine loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition inside the residence.
Two pill bottles also were recovered, the affidavit claims. One had 100 pills of quetiapine fumarate and the other had 37 pills of the muscle relaxer tizanidine hydrochloride.
Garrity originally faced eight charges, including the second-degree crime of possession of a weapon while committing a drug crime.
He pleaded guilty to two charges in exchange for a term of four years with no mandatory minimum. Garrity is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 14.
He must forfeit the weapon and money seized.
Garrity remains in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
The joint investigation included the State Police Woodbine Station, Metro South Unit, T.E.A.M.S. South Unit, K-9 South Unit and Troop A Strategic Investigation Unit.
