Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sentenced For Narcotics & Firearms Charges
Monday, October 13, 2025, 9:00 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
ABSECON, NJ.- A 46-year-old Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced last Tuesday to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for his previously entered guilty plea to cocaine and firearms offenses.
According to Atlantic County Prosecutor William E. Reynolds, on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, Darryl Murphy, 46, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, appeared in Atlantic County Superior Court and was sentenced to 10 years in State Prison with a five-year parole ineligibility after pleading guilty to first-degree Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, Cocaine; first-degree Maintaining a Controlled Dangerous Substance Production Facility; and second-degree Certain Persons Not to Possess Weapons.
Guilty Plea And Sentence Stems From A Narcotics Investigation
The guilty plea and Tuesday’s sentence stem from a culmination of an investigation, when on August 20, 2024, members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force executed a court-authorized search warrant on a motel room in Absecon, New Jersey.
During the search, Murphy was taken into custody and found to be in possession of the keys to the motel room. Inside the motel room, Investigators found more than one-half ounce of cocaine, baking soda used to manufacture crack cocaine, a large glass measuring cup, a knife that had cocaine residue on it, and multiple empty baggies consistent with the packaging of crack cocaine.
Additionally, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force Investigators, as well as Detectives of the Atlantic City Police Department, executed a second court-authorized search warrant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where Investigators and Detectives located a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine of ammunition. During his previous plea allocution, Murphy admitted that the 9mm handgun belonged to him and that he stashed it in the Atlantic City, residence.
