After busting four earlier this week, Essex County County Sheriff's Office investigators have arrested another three suspects on drug-related charges, officials say.
NEWARK -- After busting four earlier this week, Essex County County Sheriff's Office investigators have arrested another three suspects on drug-related charges in Newark, announced sheriff Armando Fontoura.
City residents Richard Mitchell, 44, and Tatiyana Robinson, 21, were arrested Thursday near the intersection of Washington and Hill Street after investigators with the department's Bureau of Narcotics observed them loitering in an "open-air drug market," Fontoura said in a released statement.
Fontoura said that after arriving at the scene, undercover officers observed Robinson allegedly conduct a drug transaction. After detaining Robinson, investigators allegedly found her in possession of 10 envelopes of crack cocaine.
A search of Mitchell turned up a glass vial filled with 36 grams of PCP, or as it's alternatively known "Angel Dust," hidden inside his underpants, Fontoura said.
A third man, Robert Davis, 43, of Newark, was found in possession of a small bag of marijuana, Fontoura said.
Mitchell and Robinson were both charged with the possession of a controlled dangerous substance and various other drug-related offenses, Fontoura said.
Davis was issued a court summons on his marijuana charges and was released on his own recognizance.
In a separate incident, sheriff's department officers arrested a Pennsylvania man suspected of conducting drug sales in Newark.
David Griffis, 33, of Easton, Pennsylvania was taken into custody after officers arriving at a residence in the 400 block of South 17th Street found him in possession of a loaded handgun, hollow-point bullets and 46 vials of crack cocaine, authorities said.
Griffis was charged with the unlawful possession of a weapon and multiple drug-related charges, Fontoura said.
Two other men detained at the residence were arrested on outstanding warrants, Fontoura said.
Dwone Orr, 36, of Newark, now awaits extradition to Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, where he's wanted on an open narcotics warrants, authorities said.
Wil Smith, 29, also of Newark, was taken into custody after detectives discovered three open Newark Municipal Court warrants for his arrest.
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