3 AM traffic stop in Wildwood Crest, NJ, sends shoobie to jail

A traffic stop in the middle of the night in Cape May County ended with a Philadelphia man sitting in prison on multiple drug-related charges.

According to the Wildwood Crest Police Department, just after 3:00 on the morning of Friday, August 16th, one of their officers conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of Denver Road and Atlantic Avenue.

During the stop, the officer developed reasonable suspicion that the vehicle contained evidence of criminal activity and deployed a K9 to conduct an exterior sniff of the vehicle.

Authorities say the K9, "provided a positive indication to the presence of narcotic odor within the vehicle and a search was conducted" and distribution amounts of suspected cocaine, Xanax, and ecstasy were allegedly found along with distribution-related paraphernalia and cash believed to be proceeds from illegal drug sales.

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As a result, 38-year-old Matthew Monroe of Philadelphia was charged with the following:

• 3 counts of second-degree possession CDS with intent to distribute within 500 ft. of a public park
• 3 counts of third-degree possession of CDS with intent to distribute
• 3 counts of third-degree possession of CDS
• Third-degree money laundering
• Fourth-degree possession of CDS distribution paraphernalia
• Possession of CDS paraphernalia (a disorderly persons offense)
• Several traffic offenses

Monroe was being held in the Cape May County Correctional Facility.