Ibn Waller, 18, of Newark, was arrested Friday at the intersection of North 9th Street and 4th Avenue
NEWARK -- A city teenager has been charged with dealing drugs near an elementary school, authorities said.
Ibn Waller, 18, of Newark, was arrested Friday at the intersection of North 9th Street and 4th Avenue, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.
In response to numerous neighborhood complaints, the sheriff's office set up surveillance at the intersection near Dr. William Horton School, when plain-clothes officers believe they saw Waller make a drug sale, the sheriff's office said in a release.
Police arrested Waller and found 177 vials of crack, 27 envelopes of heroin and $142 in cash in his fanny pack, the release said.
Waller appeared in court Monday on two counts of drug possession and distribution charges. He was held on $50,000 bail.
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