Search of apartment turned up crack, heroin, police say
NEWARK -- Three city residents were arrested Wednesday when police executed a search warrant and found drugs and a loaded weapon, department spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover said.
Detectives responded to the 50s block of 11th Avenue and saw two men outside the address. One of them, Carlos Fernandez, 50, ran inside when officers arrived, Glover said.
Emergency Response Team members then entered the building and a first-floor apartment, where they secured Fernandez and two other people, Anthony Baker, 50, and Rhonda Gilmer, 49.
Police allegedly found a loaded 9-mm handgun, 31 envelopes of heroin and 4 grams of crack cocaine. Gilmer, Fernandez and Baker were all arrested.
"I commend these detectives who day after day are doing everything possible to rid our city of these individuals who insist on breaking the law," stated Police Director Eugene Venable.
