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Nabbed planning to sell large amount of marijuana

A former NJ Transit police officer was sentenced to state prison Friday for possessing nearly four pounds of marijuana in his car which he intended to sell.

Barrington Williams, 48, of Irvington, was sentenced to five years by state Superior Court Judge Michael A. Petrolle in Newark, according to state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor.

Williams pleaded guilty on March 10 to second-degree official misconduct, a charge contained in a July 9, 2009 state grand jury indictment.

Williams was required to forfeit his job as a police sergeant and is permanently barred from public employment.

The prosecution resulted from an investigation by the State Police Organized Crime Control Bureau North Unit and the Division of Criminal Justice.

State Police detectives arrested Williams on July 10, 2008, when they stopped his vehicle in Irvington. They executed a search warrant for the vehicle and found approximately 3.7 pounds of marijuana in five bags, $3,600 in cash, and Williams' service handgun. The NJ Transit police Internal Affairs Bureau assisted in the arrest. In pleading guilty, Williams admitted that he had the marijuana in his possession and intended to distribute it.

— TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM