Myron Brown, charged with possession of heroin and marijuana, intent to distribute

Myron Brown, 25, was lodged in the Atlantic County Jail in lieu of $125,000 bail.
He is charged with possession of heroin and marijuana, intent to distribute, eluding police and resisting arrest, as well as several motor-vehicle citations.
Police saw Brown making "a hand-to-hand drug transaction" at about 7:20 p.m. on the 1300 block of Caspian Avenue. Brown tried to drive away from police, out of Atlantic City, and near the Casino Motel in Absecon he jumped out of his moving car, which an officer chased down and stopped.Brown tried to enter a motel room, but failing to, he fled into the marsh behind the building. Police caught Brown there and struggled to handcuff him. A search of the motel room yielded 46 bags of what tested positive as heroin, police said.