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Cops: East End Drugs Task force busts 7 in Northampton

Seven people on Pine Court in Northampton were arrested on drug charges last week as part of an East End Drugs Task Force investigation, authorities said.

The arrests occurred between 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday and 2 a.m. last Thursday, according to Southampton Town police reports.

A spokesman for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office said he couldn’t offer additional details on the arrests, since prosecutors are in the process of presenting evidence to a grand jury.

Among the arrested were four Northampton residents, a man and woman from Riverhead and a 17-year-old whose identity was not released:

Dana Barrow, 33, of Northampton was charged with felony drug possession with the intent to sell, misdemeanor use of drug paraphernalia and drug possession.

Daris Reddick, 45, of Northampton was also charged with felony drug possession with the intent to sell, and two other counts of drug possession. Tyrone Ligon, 44, of Northampton and Carolyn Parker, 42, of Riverhead face the same felony charge.

Mr. Ligon was additionally charged with one count of misdemeanor drug possession, while Ms. Parker faces a violation for possession of marijuana.

Both Alfred Cowell, 35, of Riverhead and Christopher Nucito, 26, of Northampton were charged misdemeanor drug possession.

Police said a 17-year-old, whose named was not released, was also arrested. Information about their arraignments was not immediately available.