Prosecutors: Lacey Township woman employs underage son to help in drug operation

A woman from Lacey Township is accused of using her home to grow and sell drugs. Ocean County prosecutors say she even employed an underage kid in her care to help in the operation. Authorities say they were alerted back in March that Margaret Whalen, 60, was using her residence on Elwood Street to manufacture and distribute psilocybin mushrooms. When authorities searched Whalen’s home, they say detectives seized several jars that were later revealed to be tested positive as psilocybin mushrooms. Prosecutors say Whalen was the legal guardian of three...