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Lawrence Turbett, 71, was arrested at his home in the Conway Towers Housing Complex after detectives learned that a package containing a silencer was being shipped to an address in Brick, local police said.
A search of his residence found the package, as well as additional silencers and an undisclosed amount of counterfeit U.S. currency, police said.
The U.S. Secret Service was notified.
Turbett was charged with four counts of possession of a prohibited device and sent to the Ocean County Jail, where he remained held Wednesday pending a hearing.
Brick Police Chief James Riccio commended his department's officers for "their diligent work, which led to the arrest, and for removing from the street these dangerous devices, which serve no legitimate purpose."
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