Crime & Safety
Middletown Police Charge Driver With Gun Possession After Crash, Cops Say
Middletown police investigating a hit-and-run crash on Route 36 arrested one person on a gun charge and another on a drug charge, cops say.
Middletown police investigating a hit-and-run crash on Route 36 arrested two Highlands residents, charging one with gun possession and the other with drug possession, authorities said.
According to a news release from police:
Police responded to the crash on Route 36 shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, and learned one vehicle had fled.
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Police located that vehicle, and after an investigation by Officers Bernie Chenoweth and Robert McNair, both the driver and passenger were taken into custody.
The driver, Stevie A. Rocha-Hughes, 30 from Portland Avenue, Highlands was charged with Taking a Vehicle Without The Owners Consent and Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. She was also issued summonses charging her with various motor vehicle offenses. Her bail was set $5,000.
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The passenger, Clifton J. Hughes, 38, from Portland Avenue, Highlands was charged with Possession of Cocaine. His bail was set at $2,500.
Both defendants were sent to the Monmouth County jail, Freehold Township.
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