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Couple Found With 10 Pounds Of Marijuana, Assault Weapons In South Jersey: Prosecutors

A Lacey Township couple was accused of illegally selling large amounts of marijuana and having assault weapons, authorities said.

John and Karen Vincentini, both 64 years old and from Lacey Township, NJ.

John and Karen Vincentini, both 64 years old and from Lacey Township, NJ.

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John and Karen Vincentini, both 64 years old, were arrested, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Friday, Mar. 22. They were given several drug and weapons charges.

Lacey Township police received a report on Friday, Mar. 15 from someone who said a package of marijuana was delivered to their home in a repurposed Amazon box. Investigators determined that John Vincentini delivered the box.

Police executed a search warrant on the Vincentinis' home on Thursday, Mar. 21. Officers seized about 10 pounds of marijuana, drug packaging and selling materials, two assault firearms, a rifle-style BB gun, and about $150,000 in cash.

John Vincentini was charged with manufacturing marijuana in a quantity of more than five pounds but less than 25 pounds, distribution of marijuana in a quantity of more than one ounce but less than five pounds, possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of an assault firearm, unlawful possession of a rifle, three counts of being a certain person not to possess a weapon, and financial facilitation.

Karen Vincentini was charged with manufacturing marijuana in a quantity of more than five pounds but less than 25 pounds, possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of an assault firearm, and financial facilitation.

Back in June 2023, John Vincentini was indicted for bias intimidation and terroristic threats. He was accused of threatening an Amazon delivery driver on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022.

Investigators said John Vincentini asked why the driver was in the neighborhood and asked if the driver "understood that it was a racist neighborhood."

"Vincentini then asked the driver whether he wanted him to go back to his car, get his rifle, and shoot the driver in the head," Billhimer said in a news release on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

John and Karen Vincentini were held at the Ocean County Jail to await detention hearings.

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