File #: I-2023-024615
Call Type: Fugitive from Justice/Narcotics Possession
Date: 07/26/2023
Time: 19:14hrs
On July 26th, 2023, at approximately 7:14 PM, members of the Guttenberg Police Department’s Patrol Division
conducted a motor vehicle stop of a 2011 Toyota Scion for various traffic violations. During the motor vehicle stop, the
vehicle’s driver identified himself as an “Abimael Soto-Alicea”, of Puerto Rico, according to his Puerto Rico driver’s
license. During the course of their on-scene investigation, officers discovered that the driver was in possession of a
defaced prescription pill bottle, which contained various prescription pills, a clear baggie containing suspect cocaine, and
that his Virginia temporary tag was fraudulent. At that time, Mr. Soto-Alicea was placed under arrest for the possession
of five or more prescription legend drugs [2C:35-10.5E(2)] in a defaced prescription pill bottle, tampering with public
records or information [2C:28-7A(2)], and possession of a controlled dangerous substance [2C:35-10A(1)].
During Mr. Soto-Alicea’s arrest processing, officers uncovered that he had an active criminal warrant out of the
State of New York. They were also able to find that Mr. Soto-Alicea had an associated alias of Elias Marte. With this
information, officers found that the name “Abimael Soto-Alicea” was in fact fictitious and that the Puerto Rico
identification provided was fraudulent. Having identified the male as Elias Marte, a subsequent warrant check found
that Mr. Marte had two (2) additional active criminal warrants out of the States of Florida and South Dakota.
As the result of his arrest, in addition to the initial criminal charges, Mr. Marte was charged with exhibiting a
false government document [2C:21-2.1C], possession of a false government document [2C:21-2.1D], hindering his own
apprehension [2C:29-3B(1)], failure to make lawful disposition [2C:35-10C], and three (3) counts of being a fugitive from
justice [2A:160-10]. Upon the completion of his arrest processing, Mr. Marte was issued his complaint warrants and
subsequently lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Center.
The charges above are merely accusations. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven
guilty in a court of law.
