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Several arraigned on drug charges Monday
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
Police over the weekend seized suspected crack cocaine, pills and fentanyl after making several traffic stops.
Arraigned on Monday before Judge Robert Milch in municipal court were Christie Bako, 39, and Jamie Clark, 33, both of West Chalmers Avenue.
Police arrested them late Saturday after a traffic stop for running a stop sign in the 500 block of West Chalmers on the South Side.
Reports said Bako was the driver. When both women got out of the car, there were doses of suspected crack cocaine on their seats.
They were each charged with possession of crack cocaine, and Judge Milich set their bond at $3,000 apiece.
Police arrested Robert Villanueva, 45, of Campbell, on a charge of possession of drugs about 10:50 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Park avenues on the North Side after he was driving at a high rate of speed and an officer started following him.
Reports said Villanueva refused to pull over at first and threw a bag out of his car, which was later found, reports said.
Police found the bag and it had 18 pills inside, reports said. His bond was set at $5,000.
Bond was set at $5,000 for Michael Moore, 38, of South Bon Air Avenue, who was arraigned on a charge of possession of drugs before Judge Milich.
Reports said Moore was pulled over about 8:40 p.m. at Glenwood Avenue and Winona Drive on the South Side after a car he was driving ran a stop sign. Reports said he refused to unclench his hand and when he did, he had a dose of suspected fentanyl in his fist.
On Friday, police arrested Christopher Rizer, 58, of McDonald, on a charge of possession of crack cocaine after he was pulled over for an improper turn and he was sticking his arm underneath his seat.
Reports said he refused to show his hand, so an officer grabbed his arm as he was reaching for a dose of suspected crack cocaine. His bond was set at $5,000.
Two men were also issued citations after being caught with pills over the weekend, reports said.
About 2:30 p.m. Saturday, reports said police found a car driven by Michael Sullivan, 24, of Mathews Road, Boardman, in the driveway of a home in the 200 block of East Avondale Avenue that had been reported stolen.
When officers searched the car, they found 18 painkillers in the center console.Reports said Sullivan told police the painkillers were his because he had pain in his collarbone. He then also volunteered he had marijuana in his underwear.
He has a June 26 pretrial date after his arraignment Monday.
About 11:50 p.m. Friday, police found 57 painkillers in a car at West Chalmers and Oak Hill avenues on the South Side driven by Ty Dorney, 33, of North Richview Avenue. Police pulled over the car for making an improper turn.
Reports said Dorney gave police permission to search the car where they found the pills and marijuana. He has a July 12 pretrial date.