Six arrested Friday in pair of East End Drug Task Force raids
A pair of East End Drug Task Force raids carried out across Riverhead just one minute apart this morning netted six arrests for felony drugs offenses, Riverhead court officials and town police confirmed.
All six defendants — five of whom were arrested in the same apartment — were held on bail, authorities said.
At 6:17 a.m., authorities with the East End Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 641 Doctors Path, Riverhead police said. Five people, including two locals, were arrested:
• Ebony Booker, 24, of Riverhead;
• Eric Ross, 22, of Flanders;
• Kotara Jackson, 32, of Mastic;
• Tashara Horsely, 19, of Mastic Beach;
• Marquis Miles, 21, who gave a North Carolina address.
All five people were charged with felonies for criminal possession of cocaine and arraigned in court Friday, a Riverhead Town court clerk said. Additionally, Mr. Ross was charged with misdemeanor drugs possession.
Ms. Jackson was remanded to jail without bail, according to the court. Bail for Ms. Horsely, Mr. Ross and Mr. Miles was set at $25,000. Ms. Booker was held on $5,000 bail.
One minute after the initial raid, at 6:18 a.m., police conducted a second search warrant sting at 415 Union Avenue, where Tywan Jones, 35, of Riverhead was arrested. He was charged with felony cocaine and weapons possession, a court clerk said.
He was held on $5,000 bail, the clerk said. All six defendants are due back in court on Monday.
Friday morning’s raid came two days after state and local police swarmed a house on Lewis Street, arresting three people, including one Riverhead man.
A Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment Friday afternoon.
