Glassboro man faces 5 yrs NJSP in cocaine, weapon case

PRESS RELEASE
November 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736

Nehemiah Garcia (DOB 2/20/84) of 51 South Academy St., Glassboro pleaded guilty Monday (11/9) to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute within 500 feet of public housing and possession of a weapon by a convicted person in connection with a Dec. 26, 2008 arrest at his residence.

Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson accepted the negotiated plea, which calls for Garcia to be sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison. He will be ineligible for parole while serving the entire sentence. Sentencing was scheduled for Feb. 26, 2010. Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Paul Colangelo represented the State.

In the 2008 arrest, the Glassboro Police Department special investigations unit seized 79 bags of crack cocaine and a .25 cal. handgun from the defendant’s home. Garcia pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2003, was sentenced to 18 months in state prison and therefore was not permitted to possess a weapon.

Garcia is currently free on $40,000 bail.