A Galloway Township man who was re-arrested after a gun was found inside a seized vehicle was sentenced to six years in prison Monday.
Halim Fisher, 26, was first arrested Dec. 21, 2022, after he and a 16-year-old boy left a store in the 1700 block of Atlantic Avenue, where they allegedly sold crack cocaine to a man inside, police said at the time.
Fisher had a drug scale and keys to a Ford Fusion on him at the time.
Police got a warrant to search that vehicle, which led to a loaded handgun inside the glove compartment. Fisher's DNA was on the gun, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Fisher appeared in court via video a day after his arrest in July 2023. By time the gun was found, Fisher already had been released. He was arrested July 27, 2023.
He pleaded guilty in August, when he also admitted to involvement in two unrelated cases.
Fisher admitted to eluding police during an attempted motor vehicle stop in Mays Landing on June 2, 2023, and to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute on Nov. 23, 2022, in the same area of Atlantic City where the second arrest occurred.
As a result, Fisher will be subject to a drug offender restraining order for that area upon his release from prison.
He must serve at least 3½ years before he is eligible for parole, under the plea agreement.
He remains in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending transfer to state prison.
