Raids, traffic stops yield 6 arrests in Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN
Police seized drugs Thursday while serving search warrants and performing traffic stops, arresting six people.
Three of those arrested were found in a West Side home at 49 N. Maryland Ave. that was raided just after 5 p.m. by a vice squad investigating drug activity. Inside, officers found $149 in cash, drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Taken into custody were Willie Key, 28, of Youngstown, on a charge of possession of drugs/cocaine; Sydney Henriques, 23, of Youngstown, also on possession of drugs/cocaine; and David Davies Jr., 38, of Mineral Ridge, on possessing drug-abuse instruments, possession of drugs/heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A home at 344 W. Marion Ave. on the South Side was raided just before 6:30 p.m. Police found a loaded .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun, drugs, drug paraphernalia and $545 in cash.
Taken into custody there was Nicholas Duecaster, 19, of Youngstown, on charges of possession of drugs/heroin, possession of drugs/cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
About 4 p.m., officers on patrol spotted an SUV driven by Walter Reynolds, 61, of Youngstown, fail to signal for a turn onto Oak Hill Avenue and pulled him over.
Reports said Reynolds was clutching a piece of paper when an officer approached him and he tried to hide it, but the officer reached inside the car and grabbed his hand, reports said.
Inside the paper was a dose of suspected heroin, and officers found another dose of suspected heroin on him, reports said. He was taken to the jail on a charge of possession of drugs/heroin.
At about 9:30 p.m., police pulled over a car at Hillman and Lakewood avenues that almost collided with a cruiser, reports said.
Reports say a police dog was brought in and detected drugs inside the car. Police found drugs, drug paraphernalia, a razor and a knife, reports say.
Unger was arrested traffic charges and drug charges, but the lattr were were later dropped.
The woman with Unger was not arrested.