By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
Similar to a prior drug raid that was blogged about here, it looks like the Clearwater police department is at it again per the St. Pete Times...
CLEARWATER — Detectives arrested two people and seized crack cocaine and prescription pills during a drug raid Tuesday evening, police said.
One suspect, 46, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, four counts of sale of cocaine, five counts of possession of cocaine, sale and possession of oxycodone, and possession of Alprazolam and marijuana.
Another suspect, 44, was charged with possession of morphine and violation of probation on a drug possession charge.
Police had received tips that drugs were being sold from the home, said a Clearwater police spokeswoman.
Suspect #1 then sold cocaine and pills to undercover officers from a home at 208 S Hillcrest Ave. on numerous occasions in December and early January, according to arrest reports.
When the narcotics unit and other officers executed the search warrant about 6:40 p.m., the suspect ran, then hit an officer as he was being taken into custody, police said.
Detectives found 15 grams of crack cocaine, various prescription pills and about $350 in cash.
Suspect #2, who was also at the house when it was raided, had a morphine pill on her, according to an arrest report.
That suspect, who lives at the Hillcrest address, was being held Wednesday in the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $74,000 bail. According to the Florida Department of Corrections, he was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon in Pinellas County in 1985 and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Most recently, he was released from prison in January 2010 after a conviction on cocaine possession charges in 2007.
In addition, the other suspectof 15 N Jefferson Ave., was being held without bail on the probation violation.
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