October 19, 2001
Trenton,
NJ — A Trenton woman was arrested Wednesday on drug offenses by the Mercer
County Narcotics Task Force, Mercer County Prosecutor Daniel G. Giaquinto
announced.
Charlotte
Bradley, 44, of the 700 block of Monmouth Street, Trenton, was arrested and
charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with the
intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The
task force, led by Lt. Al Paglione and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Special
Investigations Unit, received information that Bradley would be arriving at the
Trenton Train Station. At
approximately 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, officers observed Bradley exit a train
from New York. When they approached
her, she was holding a crack pipe in her hand.
Bradley was taken into custody and officers seized 110 grams of powder
cocaine from her person (approximate street value of $3,500).
The
West Windsor police, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and the New Jersey
State Police assisted in the arrest.
Bradley
is being held in the Mercer County Corrections Center in lieu of $60,000 cash
bail.
Despite
having been arrested, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.