Drug dealing a family affair for dad and son, Ocean prosecutor says

Authorities on Thursday arrested a Burlington County man along with his son and brother on drug dealing charges after, police said, they found a host of drugs and cash in his home.

Dax Wolhafe, 43, of Washington Township, is accused of running a father-son drug dealing crew in southern Ocean County, Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato’s office said Tuesday.

Police said they found 500 individual dosage units of heroin, cocaine and marijuana, along with drug paraphernalia and $1,500 in suspected drug money in Wolhafe’s home.

Wolhafe was charged with possession of heroin, possession with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held Tuesday at Burlington County Jail Tuesday in lieu of $40,000 cash-only bail.

His son, Dax Wolhafe Jr., who lived with this dad, was charged with possession of heroin and paraphernalia. He was release with a summons.

The elder’s Wolhafe’s brother, Kenneth Wolhafe Jr., 46, who also lived at the address, was charged with possession of cocaine and paraphernalia. He was released with a summons.

Dylan Saninocencio Jr, 19, who also lived at the same house, was arrested on a charge of possession of cocaine and paraphernalia. He was released with a summons.

Emma Nickerson, 18, of Galloway, was charged with possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

The Little Egg Harbor police, the State Police, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Special Operations Group Southern Enforcement Unit and the prosecutor's offices in Atlantic and Burlington counties were involved in the sting. Local police executed a no-knock warrant on Wolfafe's house.

“This is another excellent example of what can be achieved when multiple police agencies at different levels join forces and cohesively work together to combat the distribution of narcotics in New Jersey,” Capt. Jack Sramaty, commander of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Operations Group, said Tuesday.