A man employed by the Madison school district has been charged with numerous crimes related to his alleged involvement in a drug distribution network.
Casey J. Young, 32, of Morris Plains, was charged with a total of nine crimes, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Friday. The most serious of the offenses are first-degree possession of 100 milligrams of LSD with intent to distribute and second-degree possession of a half ounce of cocaine with intent to distribute.
Other charges include possessing psilocybin mushrooms and drug paraphernalia and possessing a handgun with no permit.
Authorities allege that Young and two other men were running a drug distribution network around Morris County from Sept. 1 to Nov. 13 of this year. Multiple search warrants executed on Thursday yielded large quantities of cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and drug distribution paraphernalia, officials said.
Detectives also seized two handguns and $18,000 in cash, which are suspected to be proceeds from the sale of drugs, prosecutors said. One of the guns had been reported stolen in Mississippi, officials said.
Young was arrested after he pulled up to one of the homes being searched in a Madison Board of Education truck. Authorities said he is an employee of the district, but did not specify what he does for the school district. School officials could not immediately be reached for comment Friday night.
The other two men arrested were Adrian D. Schwerdt-O’Neil, 34, of Parsippany-Troy Hills, and Jeremy C. Mayes, 35, of Cedar Knolls. Schwerdt-O’Neil is charged with various drug offenses including second-degree possession of a half ounce of cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances.
Mayes was charged with a total of 13 crimes, ranging from second-degree possession of a firearm during the course of a CDS offense and money laundering, third-degree receiving stolen property, as well as possessing cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy.
All three men were taken into custody on Thursday. Schwerdt-O’Neil has since been released, but Young and Mayes remain in custody at Morris County Jail.
Editor’s note: This article was revised to reflect the fact that Young is a school district employee. In an earlier statement, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office incorrectly identified him as a department of public works employee.