Galloway Police Arrest Man With Assault Pistol, Heroin

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Galloway Township police arrested a township man armed with an assault rifle, a tactical vest, ammunition and multiple drugs on the White Horse Pike on Friday.

Police responded to the 200 block of Route 30 at shortly after noon on a report of a suspicious person with a firearm. They located Thomas J. Turner Jr., 42, who was carrying a .45 caliber Encom MP-45 assault pistol, a 30-round extended magazine loaded with 17 bullets, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Police then obtained a search warrant for a storage container leased by Turner and found heroin, weapons, a variety of ammunition and two more extended magazines.

Turner was taken to the Atlantic County Jail on a warrant. He was charged with possession of an assault firearm, possession of an assault firearm while in the course of committing a controlled dangerous substance offense, unlawful possession of an extended ammunition magazine, possession of heroin and methamphetamine and heroin, and possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.

Patrolman Jimmy Feliciano is investigating the case. The Richard Stockton University and the Atlantic City police departments, along with the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office also assisted.

Logo: Courtesy of the Galloway Township Police Department