3 suspects arrested in daylight raid at city apartment
Butler County narcotics officers seized suspected crack and powder cocaine, heroin, thousands of dollars, a half dozen cell phones and other evidence of alleged drug trafficking Wednesday during a daylight raid at a city apartment.
Arrested in the alleged operation on West Cunningham Street was one of its targets, Marcus A. Campbell, 36, of Warren, Ohio, and the apartment's tenants, Joseph E. Orkwis, 37, and Jenna A. Orkwis, 39. Each is in the Butler County Prison on $100,000.
The arrests followed an investigation by the Butler County Drug Task Force during which a pair of controlled crack buys were conducted, investigators said.
Those buys led to a search warrant signed Wednesday by District Judge Lewis Stoughton. Task force officers assisted by the county's emergency services unit executed the warrant shortly before noon at the home on the 500 block of West Cunningham Street.
Both tenants were home along with others whom authorities did not identify, officers said.Campbell was nabbed a short time later walking on Fifth Avenue on his way home from a fast-food restaurant in the city. Investigators said he was carrying $455 in currency.The apartment search turned up the following suspected drugs: 10.51 grams of crack, 4.37 grams of powder cocaine, 3.03 grams of heroin and another three stamp bags of heroin, according to charging documents.Also found was $2,208 in currency, including $100 in prerecorded official funds used in one of the alleged controlled drug buys. Additional items seized were two digital scales, suspected drug packaging materials, and six cell phones.
Stoughton arraigned all three defendants on three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, all felonies.Each is also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.At his arraignment, Campbell admitted that he is on parole stemming from prior arrests for drug- and gun-related crimes.
