An Atlantic City man faces five years in state prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to weapons and drug charges. Twenty-seven-year-old Ezekiel Harper admitted to illegal firearm possession and drug distribution charges stemming from a July investigation at a local Howard Johnson hotel. Police located Harper in the hotel lobby and discovered a revolver, along with wax folds containing fentanyl and carfentanil, inside his fanny pack. Under the plea agreement, Harper will serve a mandatory five-year term without parole when he is officially sentenced on December 15th.




