Police say it wasn't a Betty Crocker recipe being used at the home of a Jersey City man who has been charged with a second defendant with having 15 pounds of brownies containing suspected marijuana.
JERSEY CITY — Police say it wasn’t a Betty Crocker recipe being used at the home of a Jersey City man who, along with another man, was charged with having 15 pounds of marijuana-laced brownies.
Corey D. Herring, 27, of Cator Avenue, and Michael M. Simeus, 24, of Bidwell Avenue, were arrested Saturday and charged with possession of 15 pounds of marijuana, the criminal complaint says. The 15 pounds is the entire weight of the brownies, an official said.
Michael M. Simeus, 24, of Bidwell Avenue, appears in court in Jersey City yesterday, March 19, 2018, on charges related to 15 pounds of brownies containing suspected marijuana. They are also charged with possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of School of School 20, at 239 Ocean Avenue, and within 500 feet of Bayside Park, the complaints say.
Officers conducting a narcotics investigation saw Simeus leave Herring’s home and when they stopped him they found he had 69 brownies on him, the complaint says.
They then searched Herring’s home, leading Herring to be additionally charged with operating a drug manufacturing facility, and possession of drug paraphernalia – which in this case was baking supplies, the complaint says.
The pair made their first appearance on the charges in Criminal Justice Reform Court in Jersey City yesterday via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.
At the hearing, the state moved to detain Herring through the course of his prosecution. A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale in the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City.