Local Man Arrested On Drug & Weapons Charges

William Harlfinger Jr. (Photo courtesy Ship Bottom Police)
William Harlfinger Jr. (Photo courtesy Ship Bottom Police)

SHIP BOTTOM – A local man was arrested Jan. 29 on weapons and drugs charges, police said.

William Harlfinger Jr. was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, two counts of possession of a weapon during a CDS offense, possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession with intent to district CDS, possession with intent to distribute CDS in a school zone, and possession of CDS paraphernalia.

Ship Bottom Police, with Surf City Police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s K9 Unit, executed a search warrant early Tuesday morning at a West Fifth Street address.

Police found two guns, assorted ammunition, cocaine, methamphetamine, a digital scale, packaging materials, and a “quantity of cash” at the residence.

Harlfinger Jr. was lodged at Ocean County Jail.