Police arrest Youngstown man on four drug charges

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Youngstown man was arrested Wednesday evening on a number of charges after police executed a search warrant for suspected drug dealing.

According to the report, officers forced entry into the home of Ricky Hodges, 18, of Millet Avenue, after repeated attempts to get Hodges to answer the door.

Inside, police found one plastic bag of crack cocaine, two Tramadol pills, two pieces of paper containing Fentanyl, one small plastic bag of heroin, one bag of unknown brown powder, one loaded handgun, $300 in a suitcase and one digital scale with drug residue on it.

Officers arrested Hodges on three charges of drug possession and one of possession of drug paraphernalia and advised him to appear in Youngstown Municipal Court at 1:30 p.m. today.