Alexander Rosario, 41, of West Windsor, faces new charges after he was arrested on a federal warrant
WEST WINDSOR -- A West Windsor man who failed to appear in a New York federal court was arrested last week and now faces weapon and drug charges, authorities said Monday.
Alexander Rosario, 41, of West Windsor, faces new drug and weapons charges (Courtesy of Mercer County Prosecutor's Office) A federal warrant had been issued for 41-year-old Alexander Rosario, Acting Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.
On June 15, Prosecutor's Office Detective Kevin Searing and members of the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force were executing the warrant at Rosario's South Post Road home when they saw him with heroin in plain view, Onofri said.
Officers took Rosario into custody before securing a second warrant. A search of Rosario's home turned up eight bricks of heroin, three handguns include one with a silencer, 10 grams of crack cocaine and about $3,000 in cash, Onofri said.
Rosario was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, four counts of possession with the intent to distribute, multiple weapons offenses, possession of stolen property and maintaining a narcotics production facility.
He is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center in lieu of $750,000 cash bail on the new charges.
It was not immediately known what initial federal charges he faced.
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