MAYS LANDING— An Egg Harbor Township man was sentenced to a New Jersey state prison for electricity theft, drug distribution charges which included a marijuana grow operation, and weapons charges Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.
Daemen Reese, 40, was sentenced before Judge John R. Rauh on July 21, 2017, to 7 years in a New Jersey state prison for Second Degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, 3 years for Third Degree Theft of Services (Stealing Electricity), and 5 years for Certain Persons Not to Have Weapons.
Reese must serve concurrently 3 1⁄2 years of the 7 year sentence for the count of Second Degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, 3 years flat on the count of Third Degree Theft of Services (Stealing Electricity), and must serve 5 years for Certain Persons Not to Have Weapons.
Authorities learned that Reese was stealing electricity from Atlantic City Electric after an investigator with the utility notified the Egg Harbor Township Police Department. Further investigation determined that Reese was not only stealing electricity, but also conducting a marijuana grow operation in the basement of 309 Glenn Avenue in Egg Harbor Township.
In April, during an execution of a search warrant approved by ACPO, police recovered a defaced Sig Sauer pistol, as well as, 19.87 pounds of marijuana.
On June 14, 2017, the Defendant pleaded guilty to Second Degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Third Degree Theft of Services (Stealing Electricity), and Second Degree, Certain Persons Not to Have Weapons.
The case was handled by Atlantic County Assistant Prosecutors Jensen E. Vizzard and Matthew R. Davidson.
Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at http://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes in Atlantic County.
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