Press Release: Heroin Arrest
DATE/TIME: 3/31/14 @ 2:43 pm
LOCATION: Middlebrook Shopping Plaza
OFFICERS INVOLVED: Detective Jessie Orbach, Detective Jeffrey Malone and Detective Sergeant Thomas Burke
ACCUSED: Darren Wigfall age 31 Ocean, NJ
NARRATIVE:
On 3/31/14 at approximately 2:43 pm, Detectives Jessie Orbach, Jeffrey Malone and Detective Sergeant Thomas Burke were on patrol in the area of the Middlebrook Shopping Plaza. Detective Orbach observed a vehicle being operated in an unsafe manner and that the vehicle had a cracked tail light. Orbach conducted a traffic stop of that vehicle. A resulting investigation from that traffic stop revealed that the driver, Darren Wigfall, was in possession of less than fifty grams of marijuana and was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters. Once at police headquarters a further search revealed that Mr. Wigfall was also in possession of fifty (50) bags of suspected heroin.
Darren Wigfall was charged with possession of heroin and possession of less than fifty (50) grams of marijuana. He was additionally issued two traffic citations for possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle and for operating a motor vehicle with a cracked tail light Mr. Wigfall was released on complaint summonses pending an appearance at a future court hearing.
**NO PHOTOS OF ACCUSED ARE AVAILABLE**
PREPARED BY: Detective Lieutenant Kevin L. Faller
Public Information Officer
(732) 531-1800
[email protected]
DATE: 04/01/2014
Address/Location
Township of Ocean Police Department
399 Monmouth Road
Ocean Township, NJ 07755
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-531-1800