Egg Harbor Township, NJ, Man Is Guilty Of Firearms & Drugs

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that an Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey man has been sentenced for firearms and narcotics offenses.

Galloway Township & Atlantic City Police Departments Participated In This Guns & Drugs Case

Galloway Township Police Department photo.

On October 22, 2025, members of the Galloway Township, New Jersey Police Department conducted a motor vehicle stop because the driver’s license both the registered owner and female driver both having expired driver licenses.

The vehicle was registered to the mother of Joshua  E. Brickhouse.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office

Atlantic County Prosecutor Will Reynolds photo.

Brickhouse was the front seat passenger and had a $1,500 traffic warrant so he was asked to step out the car. Police saw in plain view a handgun underneath the front passenger seat. That handgun was a 40 S& W handgun with a 30-round ammunition magazine and switch, making it fully automatic. All occupants were taken out of the car and police found an additional handgun, a 9mm Luger handgun with an extended magazine, in a book bag on the floor by Nathaniel Fisher's feet in the backseat. The bookbag contained Fisher's identification in the bag. Also found in the back passenger seat where Fisher and a female were seated were 100 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl. Police also recovered packs of empty baggies and another pack of sandwich bags in the center console and a digital scale. Brickhouse had over $1,000.00 on his person and Fisher had over $100.00 on his person. Both males have prior criminal convictions that make them individuals who cannot possess firearms, said the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

Joshua E. Brickhouse

Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office photo.

Brickhouse, 34 years old, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, before New Jersey Superior Judge Donna Taylor.

The Sentence

Brickhouse has received 14 years in New Jersey State Prison with no parole eligibility for seven years.

Brickhouse previously pled guilty to:

• second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
• second-degree certain persons not to possess weapons.
• fourth-degree possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine.

But, Wait — There’s More

Jim Sarkos — Atlantic City Chief of Police.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has also revealed that on July 8, 2025, members of the Atlantic City Police Department conducted a motor vehicle stop.

A K9 dog was utilized and narcotics and paraphernalia were detected as follows:

• Digital scales.
• 80 wax folds of suspected heroin/fentanyl.
• A clear knotted plastic bag which contained crack cocaine and Brickhouse was in possession of $343.00 of cash.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office's Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit handled both cases.

SOURCE: Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.