Group Found In Secaucus Hotel Room With Cocaine, Heroin And More

Secaucus NJ

22 February, 2021

3:50 PM

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SECAUCUS, NJ — Secaucus Police say that on Sunday, Feb. 21 they caught this man and two women in the act of discarding suspected cocaine down the sink drain of an unnamed hotel in town. A search of the hotel room also revealed suspected liquid MDMA, heroin, suboxone, narcotics paraphernalia, cutting agents, a digital scale, packaging materials, plus paraphernalia for the manufacturing of crack and pre-packaging the cocaine for street sale, said police. The man has been identified as Carlos Burgos, 44, of Jersey City, and the women are Ana Roman and Tracy Eayres. Police would not say the name of the hotel, only that it is in the Harmon Meadow section of Secaucus. The case started on Feb. 16, when a police officer from the Secaucus Police Department's Patrol Division was conducting a "park and walk" to show a visible police presence at hotels in Harmon Meadow. While conducting the "park and walk," the officer was approached and informed of possible nefarious activity being conducted out of one of the hotel rooms. This led to a search of the hotel room after a week-long investigation, where the three people were found to be in the process of putting the illegal drugs down the drain, said police. Powder form of crack/cocaine was also seized. Burgos was found in possession of $2,295, suspected drug proceeds, said police. "Due to the sheer volume of hotel rooms in Secaucus, some vice activity is expected, but that is not representative of our overall hotel industry," Chief Dennis Miller said. "We will not allow this type of activity to operate with impunity. As I stated when I was sworn in as Chief, one of the main focuses of the Anti-Crime Unit will be to address vice crimes within our hotels." In addition, Heather Ives was arrested for possessing a quantity of suspected heroin in the hotel room. Brian Kelly, 60 of Hoboken, was arrested for an active "No Bail" warrant from Hoboken along with warrants from Carlstadt and Cedar Grove, each with a bail amount of $1,000. Roxanne Gillete, 35 of Little Ferry, was arrested for active warrants from Atlantic City with a bail of $550 and Paterson with a bail of $300. Burgos was charged with Maintaining/Operating a CDS Production Facility [2C:35-4], Possession with the Intent to Distribute MDMA [2C:35-5b(2)], two (2) counts of Distribution of a Cocaine [2C:35-5b(3)], four counts of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance [2C:35-10a(1)], Conspiracy to Maintain/Operate a CDS Production Facility [2C:5-2/2C:35-4] and Money Laundering [2C:21-25]. Roman, 44 of Takoma, MD and Eayres, 49 of Howell, were each charged with Tampering with Physical Evidence [2C:28-6(1)], Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance [2C:3510a(1)], Conspiracy to Maintain/Operate a CDS Production Facility [2C:5-2/2C:35-4]. Additionally, Ana Roman had an active warrant from North Bergen with a bail in the amount of $2,500. All three were lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Facility. Heather Ives, 30 of South Hackensack, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance [2C:3510a(1)] and released on a summons. Be the first to know what's happening in your town and area. Sign up to get Patch emails and don't miss a minute of local and state news: https://patch.com/subscribe