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Marcus Carter, 36, conspired with his girlfriend using jail phones, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack this week alleges.
Carter, of Staten Island, was arrested last August after leading a U.S. marshal on a chase through traffic outside the the Homestead Village/Extended Stay hotel.
Marcus Carter (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter)
Sometime after, he began communicating with his girlfriend, Charmaine Coit, 24, also of Staten Island, the indictment says.
Coit was arrested in May, then posted $75,000 bail and was released from the jail three weeks ago.
Carter had his bail boosted by $75,000, to $117,500 from what had been $42,500 as a result of the drug charges.
Charmaine Coit (COURTESY: BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF)
Both are charged with conspiracy and manufacturing or dispensing drugs.
According to a previous indictment, Carter was carrying two Raven Arms .25 caliber handguns, hollow-nose bullets and 123 bags of cocaine that local police said would have sold for roughly $7,500 on the street.
The original charges included being a felon in possession of a handgun (having been convicted of drug-related felonies on Staten Island), having illegal ammunition, possessing a weapon while committing a drug crime, drug possession, distributing cocaine, resisting arrest and being a fugitive from justice.
STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter
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