On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2026, Joseph Andrews, 42, from Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced to an aggregate term of 20 years in New Jersey State Prison by the Honorable Donna M. Taylor, J.S.C for the crimes of first-degree Maintaining a Narcotics Production Facility, first-degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and second-degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
These convictions stemmed from a proactive narcotics investigation conducted by members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit with assistance from the Atlantic City Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On Jan. 9, 2025, police executed a search warrant at 64 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Atlantic City, and on Jan. 23, 2025, police executed a search warrant at a room in the Super 8 Motel, Atlantic City. The investigation determined that Andrews traveled back and forth from Brooklyn to Atlantic City and utilized both locations to manufacture and sell controlled dangerous substances in Atlantic City specifically cocaine and methamphetamine.
At the time of the defendant’s commission of these crimes, the defendant had multiple pending charges from Kings County, New York for distribution of controlled dangerous substances.
The defendant was arrested on Jan. 23, 2025, in Atlantic City, and was detained in the Atlantic County Justice Facility since that date. On April 27, 2026, the defendant pleaded guilty to the crimes of first-degree Maintaining a Narcotics Production Facility, first-degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and second-degree Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and entered into a negotiated plea agreement for the recommended sentence of 20 years in New Jersey State Prison.
