Asbury Park Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Drugs

ASBURY PARK, NJ - Robert Britt, whom law enforcement describes as a senior member of a large-scale drug trafficking organization, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for distributing heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said.

Robert Britt, whose street name is "True," is 45. The city resident previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. Sheridan imposed the sentence Tuesday in federal court in Trenton.

.Authorities said that between March and May 2014, 21 other individuals, including numerous members of the drug trafficking organization, were charged in two separate criminal complaints with conspiring to distribute heroin and related offenses. The complaint referred to the drug trafficking organization as the “Britt-Young DTO,” after two of its leading members, Britt and Rufus Young, who also is known as “Equan,” “E-Money and Kintock.”

Between July 2010 and March 2014, Britt conspired with others to distribute heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties as part of the Britt-Young DTO. During his plea hearing, Britt admitted that he distributed between one and three kilograms of heroin as part of the conspiracy and that he served as a manager or supervisor of the conspiracy.

Sheridan also sentenced Britt to five years of supervised release.

Fitzpatrick credited special agents of the FBI Red Bank Resident Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher with putting together the investigation that led to Britt's sentencing.

Robert Britt will serve 12 years behind bars such as these. Photograph by John Locher/Associated Press.