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Nahjajuan Ellis, 23, was sentenced on Monday, July 22 to 10 years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced the plea in a news release. He'll have to serve three-and-a-half years before he's eligible for parole under the Graves Act.
Investigators said Atlantic City police executed a search warrant at an apartment on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. When officers arrived, they arrested Ellis as he was leaving through the front door.
In the apartment, police found a loaded gun that was stolen, along with more than a half-ounce of packaged heroin and fentanyl. They also seized $8,565 in cash from suspected drug deals, as well as drug-packing items like stampers, ink pads, scales, and empty baggies.
Ellis pleaded guilty on Monday, May 6 to first-degree maintaining a controlled dangerous substance production facility, second-degree possession of heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun.
In an unrelated case, Ellis also pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing the administration of law and one count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. That sentence will run concurrently with the one in his first plea deal.
Ellis was also arrested in Atlantic City in May 2022 when police said he was driving with heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, and a digital scale in a vehicle.
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