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Hmmm ... So the cops can have a person with an unknown name accusing you of selling them drugs and you don't have any right to know the person name? Or even dig up information on the person. And if you try to get information on the person, the cops will throw you in jail?
So much for a fair trial: Superior Court Judge Anthony Massi ruled on last week that Forchion did not need to know the man's name in order to build a defense against the drug charges.
NJ Weedman goes live on Facebook as cops arrest him on March 03, 2017 at 2:50 PM, updated March 03, 2017 at 3:59 PM TRENTON - As Ed "NJ Weedman" Forchion was arrested Friday afternoon on witness tampering charges, he went live on Facebook to record it. His broadcast captured the moments police officers entered a room at his girlfriend's house in Parsippany-Troy Hills to handcuff him at about 1 p.m. Officers yelled, "police department!" as they entered the bedroom - the lead officer with his gun drawn. It was the second Facebook live broadcast by Forchion. In the first, Forchion said police were outside of his house and suspected he was being arrested for witness tampering. About an hour later, authorities in Mercer County said Forchion had been arrested on two charges, second-degree witness tampering and of third-degree witness tampering. He was indicted Tuesday by a Mercer County grand jury and a warrant for his arrest issued the same day, the prosecutor's office said. In an phone interview Friday, Forchion said he believed the new charges stem from him revealing the name of a confidential informant involved in drug dealing case against him in Mercer County. Ed "NJ Weedman" Forchion says he has a right to know the history of the man who accused him of drug sales Forchion was arrested in April during a police raid of his eatery, called NJ Weedman's Joint, in downtown Trenton. He is charged with selling marijuana at his establishment. Mercer County prosecutors have said that a confidential informant for police bought marijuana from Forchion multiple times before the raid and provided essential information on the sales to police. Last summer, Forchion started spreading the name of the man who he believed to be the confidential informant on social media sites, asking his followers to find information on the man. Prosecutors subsequently filed a motion to stop Forchion from publishing that information. Superior Court Judge Anthony Massi ruled on last week that Forchion did not need to know the man's name in order to build a defense against the drug charges. Anna Merriman may be reached at amerriman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @anna_merriman |