NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On Friday September 18 at approximately 11:15 pm, the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) arrested three people following a raid in the Fourth Ward.
The bust came as the result of a narcotics investigation that led authorities to 1 Wellington Place, located between Livingston and Joyce Kilmer Avenues.
The NBPD raided the home and arrested 39-year-old Javier Gonzales, 23-year-old Jonathan Gonzales, and 35-year-old Magdalena Zambrzycka, all of whom are New Brunswick residents.
The home is owned by Jose and Brunilda Gonzales, and they purchased it for $125,000 in 1994, according to property records.
According to the NBPD, detectives found and confiscated an unspecified amount of heroin, along with marijuana, a handgun, ammunition, drug paraphernalia, and cash.
Javier Gonzalez is being held on $150,000 bail, and was charged with:
- possession of heroin
- possession of heroin with the intent to distribute the same
- possession of heroin with the intent to distribute within a 1000 feet of a school zone
- unlawful possession of a handgun
- certain persons prohibited from possessing a handgun
- maintaining a fortified structure
- conspiracy
Jonathan Gonzalez was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within a 1000 feet of a school zone. His bail was set at $25,000.
Magdalena Zambrzycka was charged with possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute within a 1000 feet of a school zone and unlawful possession of a handgun. Her bail was set at $75,000.
