Two men were arrested on multiple drug and gun charges after Jersey City police looking for another man found the pair pretending to sleep in his room on Warner Avenue yesterda
JERSEY CITY -- Two men were arrested on multiple drug and gun charges after Jersey City police looking for another man found the pair pretending to sleep inside his Warner Avenue home yesterday.
The mother of the man being sought by police told authorities that Rashawn McFadden, 26, of Virginia Avenue in Jersey City, and John Worsely, 26, of Orange, did not have permission to be in the residence and may have slipped in through a side door, a prosecutor said when the pair appeared in court today.
Both men found in the home near Rutgers Avenue are charged with weapons offenses related to a handgun found in the room, including possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug offense, the criminal complaints state.
They are charged with possession of 26 bags of suspected marijuana and possession of a bag containing "rocks" of suspected cocaine, intent to distribute both within 500 feet of public property and within 1,000 feet of school property, the complaints say.
Worsely is also charged with possession of two bags of suspected heroin with intent to distribute near a school and near public property. Finally, both men are charged with burglarizing the residence and possession of drug paraphernalia, the complaint states.
McFadden has six prior arrests, one disorderly persons conviction and a criminal conviction for drug possession near school property, court officials said. His bail was set at $100,000 cash or bond. Worsely's bail will be set in Superior Court where he has two open cases.
Both men appeared in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City this afternoon via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.