Boardman police arrest man for trafficking suspected heroin

Staff report

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a suspected drug dealer Monday after conducting an undercover operation, according to a police report.

Police said someone went undercover to purchase heroin from Jermaine Beverly, 28, of East Lucius Avenue in Youngstown. The report notes the buy was arranged using a cellphone that belonged to a drug overdose victim who died.

The person gave Beverly $200 in exchange for two plastic bags containing a “brown powder substance,” according to the report.

After the transaction, police stopped Beverly at Sheridan Road and Country Club Avenue, where he was arrested on a charge of trafficking in drugs.

A passenger in the vehicle, Alonzo Jamal Ezell, 27, of Ensley Drive, Campbell was arrested on a failure to appear in court warrant out of Campbell. Another person in the vehicle, Danasia Taylor, was cited for driving under suspension.

Mahoning County court records show Beverly has faced numerous other criminal charges. He has been convicted of attempted theft, possession of cocaine, failure to comply with the order/signal of police, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and being a felon in possession of a weapon.