Anyone else expecting nothing but a slap on the wrist to these clowns?

the criminals have more rights than we do. Unless they end up on my property!

Go Lacey PD! 3 drug busts in a week - cleaning up this town! Thanks, Chief Nally!

these fools get arrested every other month and still walking the streets. they out already wwhats up with that

we need our k-9s

Hey those are some familiar names from town. Losers! Way to go Lacey PD and Sheriffs office

THERE ALL DRUG ADDICS , NOT LOSERS, THE LOSERS ARE THE DEALERS, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE WENT TO PRISON FOR DRUG CHARGES AND GET OUT AND MAKE OVER 50G'S A YEAR NOW LEGALLY, JEFF , YOU MIGHT HAVE A FRIEN LIKE THAT TOO, LOOSERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MURDER POLICE AND DO VOILENT CRIMES, LOOSERS ARE THOOSE WHO DO PULL INSURANCE FRAUD JUST FOR THERE PERSONAL GAIN, I WOULD NEVER CALL SOMEONE A LOOSER THAT HAS AN ADDICTION AND THATS WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO , I BET YOURE NOT PERFECT PAL

Lee ... Way to stand up for criminals .. you know we all have to pay for their stupidity. And while no one is perfect, I'm sure they know better ... Especially having been in trouble before. Maybe I'd they were prosecuted properly, they would think twice about it.

They are losers. End of story. Oh it's an addiction wahhhh nobody told forced them into drugs to start their addiction it was their decision to start and it's their reason they are addicted. They deserve every bit of it

Look at the ages of these young adults. It's very sad. I am not making excuses and I agree the consequences are never enough. I know several of these people have tried over and over to get clean. Unfortunately this list of people are a prime example of what will happen if we don't stop our kids in middle school and hight school from experimenting and abusing. The cycle is continuing. Use this story of an example to talk to your kids. You think when they were "hanging out" they thought they would grow up to become addicts? They are someones children just like some of yours that made some really bad choices that they will carry with them for life. Again, love your kids enough talk to them about this. Take it seriously and do your part in prevention.

this is bs. i love these kids. kar and kryst and willy are some of the nicest people, and they have problems, but jail isnt the answer. they neeed help! and this story is crap, they didnt have drugs in their possession, there was parifanalia that belonged to the owner of the house, who wouldnt confess, so they all got charged.

Laurel Blvd is in Lanoka Harbor

I was always taught... "u r the company u keep"... if ur a druggie, then u "hang out" with other druggies and/or dealers...and yes they do need help but they will only get help when they want it! So in the mean time they need to held accountable for their actions!

My patch user name says it all. What people don't understand is that addicts don't choose to be addicts. Would you yell at a retarted person for stealing candy from a store because they didn't understand it was wrong? It's unfortunate to be given the addiction gene and when you have it it makes you do things that you don't want to do. Jail isn't the answer for addicts (including drug dealers who deal to support their habit) HELP IS! Drug dealers wouldn't deal drugs if they didn't do drugs, they wouldn't do drugs if they weren't addicts, and they wouldn't be addicts if they weren't given the addict gene by something beyond their choice! Did you choose your hair or eye color? NO! Did you choose to be an addict or not to be an addict? NO! And more so, addicts can't get help until something shocks them into doing it and it's not their fault! And not every drug addict is necessarily a house robber or a car shopper or a shoplifter for that matter, they are someone with a disease. Calling them names and catagorizing them all as dirt bags just makes them want to use more and for the problem to progress.

Lmao scummmmm

wow what a joke @ addictionisntachoiceitsagene

Oh by the way most drug dealers dont use drugs..you seriously need to read over what you wrote cause you dont know what you're talking about and honestly sound stupid.

Maybe they will wake up

As much a I disagree with many of Gov Christie's policies, the fact that he is trying implement sending nonviolent drug offenders to treatment rather than prison deserves major props. He speaks of an intern that beat addiction to become a successful lawyer Often the problem does not stop after prison sentences is because it isn't the answer. You never know when a loved one or friend could become affected by addiction or far worse taken from you all together by this illness. Treatment and support is a necessity for these people. We have already lost so many young people there must be a change.

no Anne these people love to party and have worked themselves up the drug chain to the real deal and they choose to party rather than live... GO FOHO Maybe our JV Track and bagging trained Committe people might think that putting more cops on the road might help our streets from being over run

What up Lee Long Yo DJ ICE

To those who say these people need help and support.. trust me I know these people and I personally tried to save two of them many times through NA and rehabs... they have ALL been in and out of rehabs a shit ton of times... I feel sorry for kristalynns parents they're wonderful people and her dads a cop the embarrasment along must be herendis. I'm so glad this town is starting to get cleaned up... thank you Detective Chris Cornelious... what would we do without you. Keep up the good work guys were gettin there. Ps LMFAO to the photo they have of krista.

You know I have been reading these posts 17 years ago this May my older brother died from a heroin overdose. He was the most awesome guitarist, in a band and a great artist was lost over stupid drugs, That boy you are all putting down (Billy) is a beautful soul who got lost somewhere along the way. He is amazing writer and he got mixed up in the junk and yeah he's been to rehab but that is the nature of drugs. You don't know him at all and I do and I am just saying this because you people just don't understand how difficult this is for him and his family. Maybe if the community took the time to care instead of down people this town might be a better place. When did all of you become so self righteous that you stand in judgement of others......smh.....Here's an idea let's start going after the dealers and the pushers....and let's put an end to the drug trafficing across our borders. I got news for u I saw two 10 year old boys smoking dope yesterday and where are their parents the irony is maybe one of them were your kids and you stand in judgement of others, maybe people should be checking their own children for drugs and maybe we should have K9's at the schools!

I am so tired of them getting off. I live next to this and cant wait for someone to buy that house. I have 3 small children and worry about them with this constantly going on. Abbys mother left yrs ago cause was tired of this, she had 2 kids taken from her, and her father is in and out of jail and/or rehab. They r addicts and deal. They need to be put away for a long time. I wish someone would buy that house. A nice family would be nice. I would like to have some piece of mind when my kids r playing.

Nina, Worry about your kids in the school district because my son just graduated last year and says that the high school is "heroin high", the middle school is close to that and the drugs are starting as low as 5th and 6th grade at the Mill Pond elementary school. You can accuse just a few but if people do not wake up and stop the dealers this epidemic across America is never going to stop....Truth is we have worthless politicians at state and federal level not willing to put an end to the drug trafficing once and for all. If you want security for your children and safety for their futures start getting involved now and demand the drugs being smuggled in from Mexico and other countries cease once and for all.

I have pitty for these people. I am a addict in recovery and know these people. They are not losers, they just can't find there way out of this horrific life style. I got dragged into addiction following a bunch of surgeries for a sports injury sustained in college. Doctors today are the biggest dope pushers out there and something needs to be done to stop this epidemic. I hope they find there way out before we read about them in the obituaries.

The Lacey Police don't call it Lanoka Harlem for nothin'!!!!!

My children are in the elementary and Mill Pond schools and I will share this story with them and have shared many others as part of educating my children about peer-pressure, drug and alchohol abuse, and many other challenges they will face in the world. Mostly I like to focus on teaching them to be good people who care about others and make good choices, but it does not end there. Parents really do need to be involved in their kids lives. As others commented earlier, I always ask questions and discuss issues thoroughly until the truth surfaces. Sadly, some kids don't have parents who truly parent them...how sad. I know there is no full-proof method for preventing drug experimentation and use/abuse, but I sure am going to do all I can to give my kids the best odds and so should all parents, teachers and responsible, caring people. Children are worth investing in, aren't they?

You bet children are investing in..they need guidance and need to be taught the horrible affects of taking drugs.. like all of these kids above no one told them to start taking and abusing so we must teach our children not to start in the first place.. it seems that most of the kids that are druggies in this town starts from the home.. with the exception of the policemans daughter which is a crying shame .. he must feel so helpless .. you read that the mother leaves and the father is in jail so who takes care of these children? they go to the people who will make them feel better the drug dealers and then the cycle continues.. and then there are the ones who are so arrogant and they just take the drugs because they dont have feelings or care about anybody but themselves.. they are mean spirited kids who steal and have a bad attitude.. Yes we do need to help some of them but the others are getting their hands slapped and then let go .. lock them up for awhile and lets see what happens..

Hey Beach Girl....what am I suppose to do about these two 10 year old boys smoking dope....by the time cops got here they would have already been gone, then the cops are gonna call me a trouble maker! What kind of parents let their kids out alone in this day and age at ten. But no, I did not call the cops but we did chase them away since they were right outside my home. Should I go tell the parents their kids are on drugs? Do you think they are going to believe me? So parents in Lacey.....there are 10 year old boys in Lacey Township smoking dope, that should scare you! Who in world is selling/giving drugs to little 10 year olds.....whoever did that should be hung high in the streets and made an example of it for all! I cannot let my little girl play outside in my front yard because of that. Also to the person who says K9's will cost tax dollars.....I think tax dollars would be well spent on K9's and there should be a greater police presence at the parks and in the woods! Before you stand in judgement of anyone who has an addition when there had to be someone who gave it to them at the same age as those 10 year old boys, maybe you should be looking in your own closets and not trying to harm other people!

Daycare generation is coming of age and it's not pretty. Kids are being raised by strangers in daycares. When both parents (if there are two) are working full time something has to suffer in their life. There is no way to "do it all". The kids are sacrificed. Some with extended family support etc. make but way too many now are being lost . . . . the affects of the two working parents life style are having a detrimental affect on society. If you have a choice stay home with your kids. Downsize all the material things and don't sacrifice the children that you choose to have. Raise them yourself, don't sacrifice them to strangers at 6 or 8 weeks old.
Also, are the taxpayers supporting these "addicts"? Is addiction considered a disability? Most likely another group that working people are supporting.

They are dealers and they do not want to get clean they had plenty of time in prison as well as rehab they will continue to do the same shit and get out and start over next day every time it sickens me that they don't lock them up and throw away the key!

Some kids come from very good homes.Mom stayed home Dod worked a hundred hour week. Son was honor roll until middle school. Star of the soccer team. When mom and dad found out what son was up to they spent everything they had to help him. Where do we go from here, nothing seems to work. You should feel sorry for all the families involved you don't have to be a cop to be a good person. I know several families in Lacey just like us.I guess it's easy to throw stones.

Lacey citizens: Great work!!! Keep being VOCAL! Keep embarasing the elected officials!!! Then and only then will WE continue to see these kinds of actions from law enforcement. They only do what the politicians in town and in the county tell them to do. Only if they are afraid of not being re-elected, will they go after the drug problem. Again, GOOD WORK LACEY TAXPAYERS!!! BE VOCAL,GET MAD, take OUR village back.

I don't know why every ones making a big deal about it. Every one makes bad disitions and it isn't always the parents fault so I think sometimes u people should just mind ur own business and worry about ur own family's

I feel bad for the parents of Steadman. They were put through the ringer by their son & now their 19 year old?! I pray they all get the help they need. This town is getting so bad. When I was in school, we just smoked a little pot. Even that was not ok but nobody was hurry, robbed, etc.

Laceygrown....really? I feel sorry for all the parents and families....you have no idea what is like when someone in your family has an addiction. Again empathy should go out to all, including those kids/young adults a....remember they aren't the pushers....and there was a time someone pushed those drugs on them!!!!!!

Addiction is without a doubt hereditery in a sense. Although addiction is a gene that can be handed down, just like alcoholism, I don't feel as if it's an excuse. Yes, you didn't chose to have addiction in your blood, but you chose to do the drugs in the first place! When it all comes down to it, it's your own fault that you're addicted to something in the first place. However, I do feel bad for these people and others who are currently suffering with addiction. These people need help. Yes, they are the scum ruining our town, but they are people too. Obviously, jail time isn't an eyeopener for these people. These people need to be sent to mandatory rehabilitation programs in accordance with their drug charges! But in the long run, nobody will change unless they themselves WANT to change.

Different POV, my nephew is not a scum and it might serve you well to avoid casting stones at other people. Perhaps you should walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you throw out insults. I am not sure you understand the nature of addiction and other extenuating circumstances that surround that very nature. You know you don't know him and you have no idea so best to avoid casting judgement. He is a good boy and no doubt more intelligent than many who post on Patch....he just got himself involved with a bad crowd and had an addition gene!!!!

*addiction not addition lol

you will never know how hard it is unless you live it yourself. most never get better many try. for those who are calling them losers and scumbags i cant wait til it happens to someone in your family or you are close to chances are it will. then call them losers and scumbags i dont think you will. you will never understand til you live it hopefully you never do

an addict is a addict no matter what!! you can be clean for 20years and your still a addict just a recovering addict!! not all parents are to blame you teach your children from a very young age right from wrong.. and if they choose to do the wrong thing they have to accept responsiblities for there actions...like the saying goes you do the crime you do the time..now if you have a parent who is dealing drugs (cause in previous article from June that is the same house that was busted for herion Scott Thomson, 56 clairmore avenue and police executed an arrest warrant which was probaly for him not showing up for court and while they where there discovered narcotics and drug paraphernalia and arrested •Abigal Thomson, 26, of Clairmore Avenue I'm gonna go with father and daughter) now thats a parent you can blame or the parents that are doing the drugs with there children or even the parents that are constatly making excuses for there childrens actions...as far as pushing drugs on someone no that is a choice you make.. being a diabetic when I eat that big piece of chocolate cake no one pushed it on me was a CHOICE I made and there will be consequences for it.. and as far as empathy nah..I have sympathy for innocent people who forgot to lock there car doors or the houses that got broken into or the senior whose purse was ripped from her at the mall by a addict for $50 imagine how she feels!!

Ten years old?

When I said "scum", I meant that these are the people destroying our town. I'm sorry your nephew is considered one of these, but people who are selling and buying drugs are only making Lacey Township WORSE. You don't have to tell me to walk a mile in someones shoes. How about you walk a mile in MY shoes? I've had situations of addiction in my own family, and let me tell you it is NOT pretty. Maybe not all addicts are scum, but the ones who are promoting the drug problem in this town ARE.

This is the perfect portrait of the human condition. Not just the story, but all of you as well. This is a tragedy in every sense of the word

This is pathetic. An addict isn't just a scumbag who likes getting high. Most suffer from depression and other psychological issues. Sounds to me as if most of these commenters have no idea what they're really talking and probably live in glass houses themselves. You want to blame these young people for being addicted to drugs? Who do you think is really selling to them? Its the older lady down the street with the surplus of Xanax. Its the man with a hurt back whose doctor gave him an endless supply of oxycontin. Look the hell around you before you start calling ppl scumbags because they aren't getting drugs from eachother. They're getting their drugs from ppl just like you.

That is what these kids are starting with the prescription drugs and when they can't afford them there turning to heroin or there stealing to support the pill addiction want the problem to stop have to start with the doctors and there are doctors who are selling scripts

Your all scumbags one way or another.. Get lives you losers!!

Where are all of you when we have educational drug programs? Nobody attends. I spoke at Lacey HS recently w/ another professional speaker & there was under 40 people including the teachers & police. Nobody thinks it will be their child or they think it's JUST underage drinking smoking pot. Guess what? More kids (starting in middle school) are using prescription drugs then anything else. Painkillers are opiates - the same drug as heroin only made by scientists in a lab instead of growing in a poppy field & very addictive My child came from a good home, went to church, girl scouts, dance team but she fooled us for too long. I never dreamed this would happen because I was a good parent & she lived in a good home. Much like some of these kids. Well it's almost 4 years that our Ally is in heaven. I look at these posts and I grieve for how totally un-educated & close minded so many of you are. Yes, they deserve to be arrested and do time but serious long term treatment is needed to get stong enough to stay away from it. The line is fine between experimenting, abuse and addiction. Once the addiction monster hits, life changes - forever. One more thing - stop bashing Lacey Police. They are restricted by very tough laws to get an arrest that will stick. You can look inside a window and see drug use but be protected by privacy laws. Learn the facts! If anyone has something constructive on prevention or recovery email me though the "contact me section: at www.canuhearme.org.

The problem is the doc's an the patients who doctor shop and new jersey is full of curropt doctors!! The Feds should be goin after the doc shoppers and the curropt doctors they r the ones supplying the streets!! Link the pharmacys so people can't fill thousands of Oxys a month!!! Everything else is linked by computers. Their are tons of people who go to docs all over the place some in different states or all over NJ!!! It is a simple fix link all the pharmacy computers then that stops doc shopping!! That will stop a big amount of the prescription drugs hittin the st. that will stop the uprising of heroin addiction because they won't start on a pill that is made in a lab so the kids think its safe. Little do they know it is more addicting than heroin!!

The doctor shoppers an the curropt doctors are the scumbags!! They r the one causing the epidemic as far as I know I think the number is at about 17 people that I graduated with, within a few years b4 me and after me have died from od's Just in Lacey I tell people that were I live now and they are like where the hell did u grow up!! That town always tries and cover up all the bs that happens in it oh their is no drugs in Lacey tell the 17 people's parents that

Grewupinlacey44- great input, good job. The rest of you writers should listen to this person with positive input and emulate his/her bravery about being concerned. Florida put a law like you are talking about into effect and cleaned up the problem. New Jersey should follow. Tell your elected officials to get that Florida law, it works to defeat prescription drug abuse.

Reading all of these comments, people are focusing more going back and fourth blaming schools and parents, and everything they can possibly blame. The bottom line is before drugs, these kids were good kids. I don't know all of them, but I'm sure at some point they were. They are all too young to have not been. I have witnessed first hand people wanted so badly to get clean and stay clean and just falling at the waist side. I have lived by someones side while they were fighting this addiction and struggling to get and stay clean. So instead of blaming everyone else, understanding that at some point, they lose control and it is beyond their comprehension what they do, the drugs takes over. As Nancy mentioned, worry more about educating our students and community about the epidemic going on and try and make a difference rather then trying to blame someone. I wish these individuals all the best, and I hope that they will beat this struggle. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but one day.

Having lived with family that had substance abuse issues, I will talk from experience. Nice does not work. Mean works. The only one to blame is the PERSON IN THE MIRROR that chooses a slow death. Addiction is that choice, life or death. If they choose life, they will cure themselves and at that point need support(AA,NA,Probation officers, mandatory random testing, family, etc...). I have witnessed it. If they choose death, offer them methods to end it quicker without remorse or concern for them, after all they are killing themselves. Yes, heartless, I know, but, I am very happy to say, it works!!!

I was robbed by one of these people and also this person has been charged with the crime against me and still continues to get in trouble with the law! What is wrong with the justice system??

Jrzygrl whats wrong is that these kids get a slap on the wrist by the judge.. you cant blame the police because they do get them but when they go before the judge its a loosing game for them.. the judges are the ones putting these guys back out on the streets..The police are doing their job but are disgusted with the court system..

Next thing you know these bleeding hearts will excuse drunk drivers for killing people because it is a DISEASE. When did the world stop being accountable for thier own actions. Wah Wah Wah...they are loosers

One of these people have been in rehab and all and still continues to use. Maybe a few years in jail will make them think twice before robbing anyone.

I spent some time in lacey walk in r shoes heroin is no joke thank god I got it together lacey of is corrupt

My comment which was deleted ,, jrzygl stated what you wrote They had to get money to buy the drugs..More than likely from robbing or stealing it is part of the cycle...It needed to get broken, by getting caught..For the justice system its broke..remember the same group of people defending them their counterparts are the ones making the laws..The lawyers get rich and victims get victimized

Karen Middle,
GO GIRL !! Tell it the way it IS !!..take care !

Im not a big fan of the police, however with that said the Lacey PD are not selling drugs that's just nuts.

wow lacey pigs acually go peple with drugs all the people they got were prob set up just like how i had drugs planted on me all cops in lacey are dirty

The national health administration defines and recognizes ADDICTION AS A BRAIN DESEISE. IF YOU ARE BORN WITH PREDISPOSITION, GETTING MAD AT AN ADDICT FOR DOING DRUGS IS LIKE GETTING MAD AT A PERSON FOR GETTING CANCER. Addicts are not happy, and do not enjoy their lives. It's Is those who profit by taking advantage of a brain condition and deal drugs that need to be sought out and arrested. They put the illegal drugs in the addicts hands. If you we're dieing of thirst, and someone sold you a bottle of water, ud drink It. It is an instinctual response. The same goes for addicts- those of any kind; drug, gambling, sex, ect.

In Lacey Patch’s local crime section you can find my name in connection with the possession of a controlled dangerous substance. In the section supporting the comments of local citizens, you can also see peoples opinions regarding my actions. I feel it is now time to say my piece.

I will not defend my actions concerning drug use. I have hurt my family and friends in ways that I may never be able to completely put behind me. Even though I knew ahead of time I would be hurting myself as well as the people I care about, I went ahead and used heavy narcotics anyway. Two of the women I was with during this period have also been involved with drugs. It is not my place to reveal information concerning their personal life so I will speak no more on them, but it should be known I have NEVER used illegal drugs with anyone, man or woman, who did not themselves want to use narcotics. Every person consciously decided on their own to pick up. I never made that decision for anyone. Especially my girlfriends.

I am an honorably discharged Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and I am ashamed for how I once behaved. However I have taken it upon myself to take the necessary steps to set my life straight. I have been shown there is a better way to live without the use of drugs and I will become successful no matter what. I will earn a career and I will become a functioning member of society just like I once was before. If your one of those who wish to project responsibility on me for someone else's behavior concerning drugs I feel it is my duty to let you know that the definitions for responsibility and behavior can be found in any dictionary in any English speaking country.

Your accusations, if gone unchallenged, become beliefs. But what you believe is not always true. Do not point the finger if you do not have a hand to lend. And most importantly if you have something to say about me, say it to my face. I will have you know that not everyone has it in them to be a soldier, but I do.

@ jackie, you shut the hell up , im entitled to my opinion , i really shouldnt acknoledge people like you because i know something probly happened to you in the past for you to act like that, and to whoever tried to correct my grammer, this isnt the thread for you , were talking about a serioius issue and youre trying to spellcheck me, like really? and whoever says i probly do drugs , call lcpd and ask them if i do , they know me well enough to know i dont, to everybody else that let me express my opinion , thank you, addiction is a disease and some people need to understand that, alot of the time theese people are stealing from homes or walmart etc, its to get enough drugs not to get sick , getting sick is a horrible feeling i am told , there needs to be more treatment out there for people instead of bigger jails, and to anyone who is bitter against addics who steal , join the club because i am too ,it has happened to me big time in the past and it makes me extremely angry but, i also know where there coming from so if i caught someone and they got arrested, i would ask the judge to send them to treatment instead of jail so they can learn how to live in society without drugs, the problem in lacey township is not getting better, lcpd is understaffed, and there is no k-9's to assist in motor vehicle stops, we need to focus on treatment and optaining at least 2 k-9's for the force!!! lets all work together to combat this issue!!

Matt that was beautiful and I'm very proud of you! Love you!

We, in this village of Lacey, need more "soldiers" like Matt and DJ ICE to help in the war to stop our kids from thinking about the choice to die quickly or slowly by using drugs!!!! They get it. Why dosen't the average villager??? Matt and DJ, go to Mr. Most and the Municipal Alliance, scare the Hell out of them with the TRUTH and then let's get armed and dangerous!!! Nice does not work, nasty does and you both know it.

And @ steve, might cost the taxpayers $$ but there cheaper and way more efficiant when it comes to finding narcotics then hiring more police, and you said only sheriffs have them? Not really, trpd has had about half a dozen for over 10 yrs plus more taxpayer money but alot less drugs, i will be raising $$ for this and thats something im good at so stay tuned!!!

Pay for your own rehab
you owe to yourself and your family
Don't get involved in the first place
take responsibility for YOUR action and who YOUR FRIENDS are
grow a pair and say no