Suspected white supremacist had AK-47, ammo in Lacey woods, cops say

LACEY TOWNSHIP — Police say they've arrested a convicted felon and suspected white supremacist with a stockpile of weapons in the Ocean County woods that included an AK-47.

Police said Lacey officers were leading a multi-agency task force covering about 60 square miles of rural wooded Ocean County to deter criminal activity, trespassing and off-road vehicle use in the Pinelands area Sunday afternoon when they saw a suspicious vehicle in the wooded area of Lacey Township.

The 2007 Hyundai Tucson was pulled off of the path and into the woods on Bryant Road in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, police said.

Police found two people in the woods about 100 yards from the vehicle, police said.

One, Bruce J. Post III, 42, "was wearing combat gear and gave indications of possible white-supremacist involvement," police said in an announcement of the arrests. It wasn't clear from a police announcement what the indications were — though in mugshots from his current and previous arrests, Post's hair and mustache are styled to closely resemble Adolf Hitler's.

Police said after speaking to the two men, they found an AK-47, a Walther P38 9mm handgun, eight 30-round high-capacity magazines one 100-round drum magazine, and various forms of ammunition at the scene within the woods.

Police also found shovels and tarps in Post's possession, police said.

Post was arrested and faces several charges. The second individual, a 38-year-old male from the Trenton area, was detained at the scene but not arrested — it's not clear from a police announcement why only Post was immediately charged, but police said the investigation is continuing and charges against the second individual are pending.

Post was charged with by Officer Michael Eden and Detective Keith Pearce with first-degree unlawful possession of weapons (for being barred from possessing weapons, as a convicted felon), as well as second-degree offenses of unlawful possession of weapons for the handgun, unlawful possession of weapons for the AK-47, and certain persons not to have weapons. He was also charged with possession of possession of prohibited weapons and devices, a fourth-degree charge, for the high-capacity magazines.

His bail was set in the amount of $400,000 with no 10 percent option, police said. He was lodged in the Ocean County Correctional Facility in default of the bail.

The vehicle, which belonged to Post, was impounded for further processing, police said.

Post was arrested in 2011 after allegedly serving as a getaway driver for two teenage girls who police said robbed Aeropostale store in the Jackson Premium Outlets mall, according to reports at the time. In that incident, one of the girls used pepper spray on an employee, police said.

Police said that based on Post's "well publicized past history out of Trenton and Hamilton, NJ, the Lacey Township Police Department is asking anyone with information that might be helpful to this investigation to contact Lieutenant Michael DiBella or Officer Michael Eden of the Lacey Township Police Department at 609-693-6636."

It wasn't immediately clear what other history police were referencing.