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A New Jersey police officer was arrested after a meth lab was found inside his home, prosecutors said.
Police discovered the meth lab in the man s basement after responding to a domestic disturbance call at his home Saturday evening, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office.
Officer Christopher Walls, who had been serving on the police force for 19 years, was arrested Sunday and suspended without pay.
A New Jersey State Police hazmat team found instruments and ingredients needed to make methamphetamine in Wall s basement and in a shed located on the property, prosecutors said. Police found meth residue and books about making methamphetamine, explosives and poison on the property as well.
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A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an eleven-count Indictment charging Brandon Pascoe, 36, of Keyport and Craig Reeves, 31, of Long Branch with conspiracy to distribute child sexual exploitation material, distribution of child sexual exploitation material and other related charges, Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni announced on Tuesday.
Both men were charged following an investigation that began in 2018 being handled by the Department of Corrections, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, the Keansburg Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office which learned that Pascoe allegedly directed Reeves to send him images of child sexual exploitation through an email system.
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Daniel McHugh, 51, of Sayreville, was sentenced to 90 months in prison. McHugh previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, according to Honig.
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LONG BRANCH, N.J. A New Jersey police department is reeling following the arrest and suspension of one of its longtime officers after prosecutors said a meth lab was found at his home.
Christopher Walls, a 19-year veteran of the Long Branch Police Department, faces several charges related to manufacturing and operating a methamphetamine production facility. He also faces charges related to firearm possession and endangering the welfare of a child. Walls is being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.
Police were called to the home of the 50-year-old police officer Saturday night for a domestic disturbance. While there, a resident told police that Walls was involved in suspicious narcotics activity, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office.
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