Lakewood Man Sentenced to Prison After Cops Found Cocaine, Bricks of Heroin

Timothy Myers (Photo: Ocean County Jail)

A Lakewood man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after police arrested him after finding 23 grams of cocaine and two bricks of heroin in the course of an investigation into drug distribution in the local area.

Timothy Myers, 52, of Lakewood, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Kenneth T. Palmer to a decade in New Jersey State Prison following his previously-entered guilty plea to possession of more than a half-ounce of cocaine with intent to distribute. The charge was in connection with an incident that occurred on July 4, 2023, in Lakewood Township.

Myers pled guilty to the charge before Judge Palmer on June 19, 2024.

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On July 4, 2023, detectives from the Lakewood Township Police Department Street Crimes Unit were conducting narcotics-related surveillance when they observed a Ford Expedition make an abrupt U-turn on John Street and park in a parking lot located on Jay Street. The detectives then saw a female passenger of the Expedition exit the vehicle and enter a Mercedes-Benz parked nearby. When the woman re-entered the Expedition, detectives approached the vehicle and asked the driver, later identified as Myers, to exit the vehicle.

Myers was detained by detectives and consented to a search of his person and the motor vehicle. A search of Myers by officers found approximately 23 grams of cocaine packaged for re-sale and two bricks of heroin. Myers was taken into custody without incident. He was transported to the Ocean County Jail, and later released under the state’s bail reform law.

Myers is now lodged in the jail while he awaits transport to the state prison system.