Trooper stops speeding car finds 160 bags of heroin 

    MOUNT OLIVE (11/20/08) – Desmond Mercer is 21 years old and from what police found in his possession his aspiration was to be a drug dealer. A bad choice. You have to have some smarts to be a criminal.  Desmond appears not to be gifted in that area.

    Last night at about 9 p.m. Desmond and a passenger who was in his car, Amy Jo Simon, 23, were doing 90 on Route 80 back to their homes in Pennsylvania.

   Trooper J. DeLorenzo was patrolling on Route 80 when he observed Mercer’s car and gave chase clocking him at 90 miles an hour in a 65 mile zone.

    When he stopped the car and walked up to it there in plain view was a stash of marijuana. DeLorenzo ordered him out of the car and as he was handcuffing him Mercer became aggressive while trying to destroy what he was carrying…that turned out to be heroin, according to DeLorenzo.

    The passenger, Simon, had three bundles in her possession, each containing 50 bags of heroin.  All in all police found 160 bundles which they say is worth about $1,600.

      Police charged the pair with intent to distribute heroin and possession of marijuana.  He was also charged with resisting arrest and destruction of evidence.

     They were transported to the Morris County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail each.