TOMS RIVER -- A man who aroused the suspicion of a store employee because he was moonwalking though the aisles was charged with having heroin, authorities said Friday.

Mark Wixler, 39, of Toms River, was inside the Speedway gas station on Hooper Avenue in Toms River late Wednesday when he caught the attention of an employee, said Ralph Stocco, spokesman for the Toms River Police Department.

Stocco said the employee called police around 11:30 p.m. to report that a customer in the convenience store there was lingering and acting erratically inside the store, including moonwalking his way through the aisles as he decided what to buy.

Officers who responded to the scene determined Wixler had a warrant out of Neptune Township for $2,000, Stocco said.

After he was arrested for the outstanding warrant, authorities found he was in possession of six hypodermic needles and a small amount of heroin, Stocco said.

He was being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending a future court date, Stocco said.

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