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Police raid crack house
in Howland |
Tribune Chronicle
August 7, 2008 |
HOWLAND - Calls from concerned neighbors earlier this year
led to the arrest Wednesday of two men at a Carriage Hill Drive residence on
several drug-related charges.
"There was a crowd of about 30 onlookers" when the arrests were made about 2
p.m., Howland police Chief Paul Monroe said. "They were cheering and
thanking us multiple times.
''We're very pleased. We hope it puts an end to the problem."
After a month long joint investigation by Howland police and the Trumbull
and Ashtabula Law Enforcement Task Force, Gerald Bradley, 65, 8420 Carriage
Hill Drive, and Jonathan Stringer, 39, 3944 Sunnybrook Drive, were taken
into custody.
Police said they'd been trafficking crack cocaine out of the home. TAG
officials said several charges would be filed today in Warren Municipal
Court, likely for drug possession, drug trafficking and permitting drug
abuse, among others.
Monroe said the department received complaints from neighbors in the
Carriage Hill area between Niles Cortland and Howland Wilson roads. TAG
officials said there were several neighborhood complaints, including of
heavy traffic at the residence.
Surveillance was set up, and police became involved with TAG on the
investigation.
A small amount of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia was seized, officials
said.
Two females - including a 17-year-old female runaway juvenile residing there
- were in the home during the raid, but neither were arrested, police said.
Previously, a police report from April states the someone entered the home
and stole about $30,000 in gold and diamond jewelry.
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