HANOVER — On January 30, Hanover Township Police Officer Timothy Dalgauer arrested Samuel Mantone, 25, of Madison, on multiple weapons and drug-related offenses following a motor vehicle stop.
Officer Dalgauer initially stopped Mr. Mantone’s vehicle for a traffic violation but suspected criminal activity. He requested assistance from the Morris County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, which alerted him to narcotics.
A subsequent vehicle search uncovered a fully loaded handgun with hollow point ammunition, a holster, an additional loaded magazine, a cap gun, 10 bags of suspected methamphetamine, and pipes containing suspected drug residue.
Mr. Mantone was taken into custody and charged with:
- Unlawful possession of a handgun
- Persons not permitted to possess weapons
- Possession of a weapon while committing a CDS crime
- Possession of hollow point ammunition
- Possession of a large-capacity magazine
- Possession of CDS with intent to distribute
- Possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute
- Possession of CDS
Following his arrest, Mr. Mantone was lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility.
Editor’s Note: The court’s rules require us to state that the charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
