The police officers noticed several bullet holes throughout the car, which neither of the suspects owned, authorities said.
Lesley Valentin (New Jersey Department of Corrections) OCEAN TOWNSHIP -- Two men have been charged with having 118 bags of heroin in a car that was riddled with bullet holes in Ocean Township, authorities said.
Police are still looking for one of those suspects, Robinson Marvilus, 26, of Elizabeth, who along with Lesly Valentin, 30, of Asbury Park, were stopped on Nov. 4 for a vehicle equipment violation as they were driving near the Asbury Park Circle at Route 35 around 10:35 p.m., said Ocean Township Detective Lt. Kevin Faller.
During the stop, Officers David Marino Jr. and Christopher Clune arrested Marvilus after they learned he had a warrant for his arrest, Faller said. He was later released.
He said Marino and Clune noticed several bullet holes throughout the vehicle, which neither of the suspects owned. Faller said Marvilus and Valentin also could not account for the bullet holes.
The car was impounded and during a search of the vehicle two days later, investigators found 118 bags of heroin, Faller said.
Valentin, who had not been arrested on Nov. 4, was taken into custody by New Jersey State Police on unrelated drug charges on Nov. 18, Faller said.
Both me were charged with possession of heroin, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, Faller said.
Valentin was taken to the Monmouth County jail in Freehold where he sis being held in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Police are looking for Marvilus now on the heroin charges, Faller said.
Valentin was released from Northern State Prison in Newark in August after serving a seven-year sentence on aggravated assault and weapons offenses from 2008 and 2009 charges, according to the state Department of Corrections records.
In the aggravated assault case, Valentin was convicted of beating up a man to get bail money for his brother, according to court records.
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