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Staff Report Updated 12:51 AM Saturday, November 28, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — Middletown police recently signed warrants for the arrest of six people in connection with an ongoing drug investigation in the city’s 2nd Ward.

The investigation was initiated in the fall of 2008 due to complaints from residents and businesses of drug sales at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Yankee Road, according to Middletown police Sgt. Jim Cunningham.

Warrants were issued for the following people:

• Daruss Calhoun, 28, 600 Seventh Ave., for three counts of loitering in the aid of a drug offense. He was in custody Wednesday, Nov. 25, according to police.

• Earl Quinn Bryant, 37, 1200 Young St., two counts loitering in the aid of a drug offense.

• Kevin Ray Jones, 49, 1620 Central Ave., two counts loitering in the aid of a drug offense.

• Vernisa McGee, 51, 910 Centennial Ave., driving under suspension (drug).

• Charles Lewis, 19, 1408 Fairmount Ave., driving under suspension (drug).

• Cary Dillingham, 29, 822 10th Ave., loitering in the aid of a drug offense.

»See mugs of area jail inmates and get the latest local crime and court reports online at MiddletownJournal.com/crime

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I have about 35 people on sec8 and public asst. here at my complex, but there is only about 5 of these tenants that are abusing the system selling and buying drugs. The others are of the older part of society on S.S. that have earned the right to have the privelege.

Barb
9:09 AM, 11/30/2009

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Bigger: I am aware of what council did at the last meeting. I am also aware of what they did NOT do.

What they did NOT do was explain what happened to the over $8 MILLION collected to date from the Public Safety tax increase! This was supposed to be "in ADDITION" to, not "instead of" what was already being spent on public safety.

They won't admit it, but it was used to cover their unnecessary DEFICIT SPENDING!

Mike_Presta
11:30 PM, 11/28/2009

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People please realize that it isn't just sect 8 and other public asst people who are using and selling. My best friend lives in a community of 300k plus homes in the lakota school area and there is a dealer in her neighborhood. Neighbors need to take a stand and start calling and reporting people to local police. Call every day- maybe it might do some good- maybe if we're lucky here in middletown

its all over
11:12 PM, 11/28/2009

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i agree about the section 8 welfare people i did my own survey and 72 percent of the people i talked with that are on drugs draw some sort of public assitance....i agree that they should be tested randomly and kicked off assistance if they dont pass why does this issue keep getting pushed away for those of us that work for a living they can test and fire us at will!!!!!TEST THEM AND BOOT THEM SAVE US ALL SOME MONEY!!!!!

D. E. A.
9:48 PM, 11/28/2009

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Presta, during the last council meeting they voted to keep the police and fire as it now stand instead of cutting it because voters were promised this, they could easily have voted to layoff both police and fire. You are one that never gives anyone credit when credit is due. People better appreciate what we have now because the future holds nothing when the safety tax issue goes away.

Bigger cities have to worse.
7:38 PM, 11/28/2009

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