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Earnest Carroll, 69, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, July 31 to second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and second-degree manufacturing/distributing cocaine. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced his plea in a news release on Thursday, Aug. 1.
Absecon police stopped Carroll in a car he was driving on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Officers saw a homemade billy club next to the driver's seat.
Police searched Carroll's car and found more weapons, various drugs, and drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors said his plea deal calls for a nine-year state prison sentence.
Carroll was scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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