As he was dressed in his Newark Parking Authority uniform outside a downtown building, federal authorities were watching Aughkay Green.

Green, 48, wasn’t writing a parking ticket or collecting money from the meters, they said.

Instead, the parking enforcement officer was allegedly selling nearly 50 grams of crack cocaine for $2,250 to an unknown individual in March 2017, authorities said.

On Wednesday, a federal indictment was unsealed against Green on charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

In July 2016, law enforcement learned that Green, who was previously convicted on state drug distribution charges in 2003, was allegedly looking for people in and around Newark to buy drugs, according to the criminal complaint.

According to the indictment, in January 2017, Green allegedly sold 25 bricks of heroin in Irvington. Two months later, under law enforcement surveillance, officers observed Green, dressed in his work uniform, allegedly selling crack cocaine in downtown Newark, authorities said.

That same year, authorities said, Green, allegedly administered the sale of two handguns in Irvington.

Green was arrested in April 2019 and was subsequently released on a $100,000 unsecured appearance bond, according to court documents. His attorney did not immediately return a request for comment.

Anthony Mack, the executive director of the parking authority, said Green was suspended and later terminated after his arrest. He said Green’s charges didn’t have “anything to do with parking authority operations.”

And to his knowledge, the alleged actions did not happen “during parking authority hours or on parking authority grounds.” He said Green began working at the agency around 2014.

The parking authority is an independent agency overseeing parking meters and enforcement. It employs 49 workers and operates an annual $6 million budget with revenues from parking enforcement.

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