10 Arrested, Dog Shot; Guns, Drugs, Cash Seized in Atlantic City
The Atlantic City Police Department says members of the DEA Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, and the ACPD s Special Investigations Section and SWAT Team executed simultaneous residential search warrants at six apartments within the Madison Hotel on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard and one apartment in Lighthouse Plaza Thursday.
Detectives recovered three guns, over 1,000 bags of heroin, 3 pounds of ecstasy, more than seven ounces of methamphetamine, 1.5 ounces of cocaine, and nearly $14,000 in cash, according to a press release.
Atlantic City Man Indicted on Felony Murder, Robbery Charges
A grand jury has handed-up an indictment against 23 year-old Keshawn T. Faulkner of Atlantic City for a fatal shooting last summer.
Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner says Faulkner has been indicted on felony murder, robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose charges.
Keshawn T. Faulkner - Photo: ACPO
Tyner s office says on the morning of Wednesday, August 12th, Atlantic City Police received a 911 call reporting a shooting. Officers responded to the Madison Hotel on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and located 25-year-old Wayne Brown on the 11th floor with an apparent gunshot wound. Faulkner was taken into custody several days after the shooting.