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TRENTON
- A Trenton man was charged today in a 12-count
state grand jury indictment for distributing
Ecstasy near an elementary school and a
park on multiple occasions, Attorney General
Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Deborah
Gramiccioni announced.
Anthony
Laws, 33, of Trenton, was charged with distribution
of Ecstasy, three counts of distribution
of Ecstasy within 500 feet of a park, and
one count of possession with intent to distribute
Ecstasy within 500 feet of a park, all in
the second-degree. Laws was also charged
with two counts of distribution of Ecstasy,
three counts distribution of Ecstasy within
1,000 feet of school property, and one count
each of possession with intent to distribute
Ecstasy and possession with intent to distribute
Ecstasy within 1,000 feet of school property,
all in the third-degree.
The
indictment alleges that on Feb. 22, 2007
Laws distributed more than one-half ounce
of Ecstasy. On Sept. 4 and Oct. 9, 2007,
Laws allegedly sold additional quantities
of Ecstasy. The indictment further alleges
that Laws sold the Ecstasy within 1,000
feet of the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School,
located on Girard Avenue in Trenton and
within 500 feet of Breunig Avenue Park,
also in Trenton. Laws allegedly distributed
the drug from his residence, which is within
1,000 feet of Woodrow Wilson Elementary
School, and within 500 feet of Breunig Avenue
Park.
On
Oct. 23, 2007, members of the Federal Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
– Violent Gang Task Force and the
New Jersey State Police executed a search
warrant at Laws’ residence. The search
revealed twelve Ecstasy pills and $881 in
cash.
The
investigation was coordinated by the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
the New Jersey State Police – Organized
Crime Control Bureau, and the Division of
Criminal Justice – Gangs and Organized
Crime Bureau. Deputy Attorney General Daniel
Bornstein, of the Division of Criminal Justice
– Gangs and Organized Crime Bureau
presented the case to the state grand jury.
An
indictment is merely an accusation and the
defendant is presumed innocent until proven
guilty.
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