2 men accused of selling drugs out of Parsippany motel

Police said they recovered a revolver with hollow point bullets, along with marijuana, heroin and MDMA

                                                                        (Parsippany police) 

PARSIPPANY - A Pennsylvania man and an East Orange man were arrested Monday on charges they were selling drugs from "multiple rooms" at the Red Roof Inn in Parsippany, according to Parsippany police.

James Howell, 44, of Easton, Pa., and Richard Burwell, 46, of East Orange, were arrested following a raid at 11:30 a.m., police said.

Parsippany police officers, along with members of the Morris County Sheriff's K-9 Unit, executed a search warrant at the motel on Route 46 that yielded a Taurus .44 magnum revolver loaded with six hollow-point bullets; 17 small baggies containing suspected marijuana; 47 glassine folds containing suspected heroin; 16 grams of suspected cocaine; 44 pills of suspected MDMA, one bag containing 16 grams of suspected marijuana and one bag containing eight grams of suspected MDMA, police said.

Also found were packaging and weighing equipment commonly used in the packaging and distribution of illicit drugs, police said.

Police said they arrested both men on the following charges: possession and intent to distribute heroin; possession and intent to distribute cocaine; possession and intent to distribute MDMA; possession and intent to distribute marijuana; possession of hollow point bullets; possession of a firearm while committing certain drug crimes, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a firearm by certain persons prevented from having one.

Both men were remanded to the Morris County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, with no 10-percent option.

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