A New Jersey school district employee was arrested in connection with a Morris County drug ring bust after arriving at a Cedar Knolls residence driving a Madison Board of Education truck, prosecutors said Friday.
Casey J. Young, 32, of Morris Plains, was one of three people arrested Thursday after a narcotics investigation led to the seizure of multiple controlled substances — including suspected ketamine, cocaine and MDMA — firearms and nearly $18,000 in cash, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The other two arrested were 35-year-old Jeremy C. Mayes, of Cedar Knolls, and 43-year-old Adrian D. Schwerdt-O’Neil, of Parsippany-Troy Hills.
Investigators allege the three men were running a drug distribution network around Morris County from Sept. 1 until the day they were taken into custody.
The arrests followed searches of a residence in Cedar Knolls in Hanover Township; a home and storage unit in Parsippany-Troy Hills; and four vehicles, all conducted under search warrants, authorities said.
Detectives seized a large quantity of suspected cocaine, a loaded revolver and drug paraphernalia from the Parsippany residence, while a search of the Cedar Knolls home resulted in the seizure of suspected ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, marijuana and about $18,000. A stolen Glock 43 was also found in a Nissan Altima linked to Mayes.
Both Young and Mayes were arrested as they pulled up to the Cedar Knolls home in a Madison Board of Education truck, prosecutors said.
Young, a Madison school district employee, was allegedly driving the truck. During his arrest, police found a Parsippany storage unit card in his possession.
After obtaining a search warrant, investigators searched the unit and found a loaded Glock 31 handgun, approximately five tabs of suspected LSD, two bags of suspected psilocybin mushrooms, numerous pills and drug distribution paraphernalia, including a drug ledger.
All three were arrested Thursday and booked into the Morris County Jail. Mayes and Young remain detained pending a motion for pretrial detention, but Schwerdt-O’Neil has since been released, officials said.
They face multiple drug and weapons charges, including conspiracy to distribute and possession of large amounts of drugs with the intent to distribute.
Prosecutors did not specify what Young does for Madison Public Schools, and the district has not publicly commented on his arrest.
