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TRENTON – Attorney
General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice
Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that
a former NJ Transit police officer was sentenced
to state prison today for possessing nearly
4 pounds of marijuana in his car which he
intended to sell.
According to Director Taylor,
Barrington Williams, 48, of Irvington, was
sentenced to five years in state prison
by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Petrolle
in Essex County. Williams pleaded guilty
on March 10 to second-degree official misconduct,
a charge contained in a July 9, 2009 state
grand jury indictment obtained by the Division
of Criminal Justice.
Williams was required to
forfeit his job as a sergeant for the NJ
Transit Police and will be permanently barred
from public employment.
The prosecution resulted
from an investigation by the New Jersey
State Police Organized Crime Control Bureau
North Unit and the Division of Criminal
Justice.
State Police detectives
arrested Williams on July 10, 2008, when
they stopped his vehicle in Irvington. They
executed a search warrant for the vehicle
and found approximately 3.7 pounds of marijuana
in five bags, $3,600 in cash, and Williams’
service handgun. The NJ Transit Police Internal
Affairs Bureau assisted in the arrest. In
pleading guilty, Williams admitted that
he had the marijuana in his possession and
intended to distribute it.
State Police Detective Sgt.
Ronald Hampton coordinated the investigation.
Deputy Attorney General Annmarie Taggart
of the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs
& Organized Crime Bureau prosecuted
the case and represented the state at the
sentencing.
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