A Galloway Township man faces 10 years in prison after admitting to possessing more than 17,000 bags of heroin and a gun.
Alfred Fuller, 49, was arrested in August 2021, after a search of his home and two self-storage units led investigators to 342 bricks of heroin, $27,170 in cash, a quarter-ounce of cocaine, a loaded .40-caliber handgun, digital scale, hundreds of glassine bags and two cell phones.
There are 50 bags of heroin in a brick.
Judge Donna Taylor agreed with the public safety assessment's recommendation that he be held at that time, despite an outpouring of support from letters on his behalf and Fuller's own pleas that "I haven't been in trouble for 15 years."
She cited his criminal history and said his "criminality is continuing and escalating."
Fuller was released at some point, and is not currently jailed. It was unclear how that happened.
At the time of his arrest, Fuller was working for the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, where his salary was listed as $37,032 as of December.
He has now pleaded guilty to first-degree possession with intent to distribute heroin, and second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm.
He faces a 10-year sentence with five years of parole ineligibility when he is sentenced Feb. 29.
