Prosecutors: Toms River Men Tried to Traffic Cocaine in Children’s Toy Boxes

Anfernee Guzman-Romero and Christian Bultron-Rios (Credit: Ocean County Jail)

A trio of local residents have been charged with a series of drug-related offenses are prosecutors said they attempted to traffic cocaine in children’s toy boxes.

The trio, Christian Bultron-Rios, 37, Christian Bultron-Carmona, 18, and Anfernee Guzman-Romero, 26, all of Toms River, identified four residences in Toms River being used to “store and distribute cocaine,” the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

The investigation determined that this organization was importing large quatities of cocaine into the Ocean County area, concealed in children’s toy boxes, the statement said. Over the course of the six month-long investigation, all three defendants “were observed distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Ocean County.”

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Detectives from a slew of federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies initiated surveillance on the residences in Toms River. Last Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Detectives observed Bultron-Rios exit one of the residences carrying two children’s toy boxes, the statement said. Bultron-Rios was subsequently detained and found to be in possession of approximately one pound of cocaine in each toy box. He was thereafter placed under arrest.

Multiple court-authorized search warrants were then executed on all of the subject residences. As a result, law enforcement seized – in combination from all four residences – additional quantities of cocaine and suboxone, a polymer assault rifle with a high capacity magazine, a semi-automatic handgun, hollow point ammunition, and drug paraphernalia “indicative of narcotics manufacturing and distribution.”

Guzman-Romero and Bultron-Carmona were subsequently placed under arrest at one of the residences.

Bultron-Rios was charged with possession of more than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute, conspiracy to possess more than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of suboxone, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bultron-Rios was transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is currently lodged pending a detention hearing.

Guzman-Romer was charged with conspiracy to possess more than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute, numerous weapons charges, including possession of a banned assault rifle, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Guzman-Romero was transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is currently lodged pending a detention hearing.

Bultron-Carmona was charged with conspiracy to possess more than five ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute. Bultron-Carmona was served with the charge via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.