Police received information that a suspect – Jacolby Renell Riddick, 26 – was at the corner of Tower Hill Road and North Adkin Street shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday.
“He was said to have a handgun and drugs on his person,” KDPS spokesman Woody Spencer said. “Officers located Mr. Riddick near 1010 Tower Hill Road and detained him.”
Near the front porch of the residence officers found a Hi-Point .45-caliber ACP handgun valued at $150 and two grams of heroin concealed under an open Maola ice cream cup.
Police also seized a $50 LG mobile phone, a $25 Alcatel mobile phone, $18 cash, $5 worth of Newport cigarettes and two cigarillos, a house key and a plastic bag.
Riddick received felony counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a Schedule I controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a felon and misdemeanor second-degree trespassing.
He was placed into the W.E. “Billy” Smith Detention Center under a $300,000 bond and scheduled to make his first appearance in Lenoir County District Court on Monday.
Alleged crack dealer arrested
Around 9:30 p.m. Thursday police noticed a suspicious subject in the 900 block of East King Street.
“Officers initiated contact with (Lanier Antonio) Swinson in the 900 block of East King Street, near Simon Bright – that’s an area that’s a center of current gang activity,” KDPS spokesman Woody Spencer said. “Mr. Swinson tossed the crack-cocaine on the ground, and further investigation found a razor blade in Mr. Swinson’s shoe.”
Officers seized the three dosage units of crack at the scene.
Swinson was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a Schedule II controlled substance, misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor resisting a public officer.
He was placed into the W.E. “Billy” Smith Detention Center under a $15,000 bond.
Swinson was scheduled to make his first appearance in Lenoir County District Court on Monday.
Fraudulent charges made during hospital stay
A woman in the 500 block of West Washington Avenue told police Friday afternoon someone stole and used her EBT card and prepaid MasterCard while she was in the hospital.
“(The victim) said her MasterCard and her EBT food card had been taken out of her purse in April,” KDPS spokesman Woody Spencer said. “The reason she didn’t report the crime sooner was because she’d just been released from the hospital. In April, EMS was called to her residence and she said she handed her purse to an EMS officer, and the EMS officer handed the purse to someone else.
“(The victim) said she did not notice her cards missing until getting home from the hospital.”
In all, there were $732 in charges to the MasterCard and $116 to the EBT card.
The case remains open.
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