Drug dealers Hit Hard... | August 28th, 1988 | Charles Cobbertt

A crackdown against drug traffickers in Orange is continuing, according to Police Director Charles Cobbertt.

He said 11 people, including a juvenile, were the latest to be arrested on charges involving possession and sale of cocaine.

The arrests, made by members of the vice squad, the Essex County Sheriff Department's Bureau of Narcotics and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, between Aug. 18 and Thursday, Cobbertt said.

The director identified the suspects - all Orange residents except one - as Desiree Sutton, 27, of William Street and a 15-year-old city boy from Park Street. Both individuals were taken into custody at William Street and Glenwood Avenue.

Sutton, who has no known occupation, was charged with possessing cocaine, selling cocaine and conspiracy to violate the state's narcotics laws. Cobbertt said the juvenile was charged with possessing cocaine and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.

Shawn Austin, 18, an unemployed High Street resident, was arrested at Park and Ward streets on charges of possessing cocaine, possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and eluding the police.

Cobbertt added that Lawrence Marable Jr., 24, an unemployed Gray Street resident, was arrested outside one of the city's housing projects on Mechanic Street and charged with cocaine possession, drug possession the intent to distribute, and drug possession with intent to distribute it within 1,000 feet of a school.

Al-Tariq Williamson, 21, an unemployed South Centre Street resident, was arrested in fron of a Mechanic Street residence on charges of possessing both cocaine and Marijuana, Cobbertt continued.

Gary Majette, 21, a laborer who lives on Mechanic Street, was arrested outside his residence on charges of possessing cocaine; Auburn Hinton, 20, of Ward Street, was arrested at William Street and Glenwood Avenue for possessing cocaine and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, and Tina Wright, 21, of South Centre Street, was taken into custody on Ward Street on charges of possessing cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute "and using a juvenile to distribute drugs," Cobbertt said.

Additionally, the police director continued, Robert McCarrow, 20, of Lakeside Avenue, was arrested at Lincoln Avenue and New England Terrace on cocaine possession charges, and Alexandria Ellis, 27, of New Street, was taken into custody during a drug raid at her home. She was charged with cocaine possession, cocaine possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and conspiracy to violate the state's narcotics laws.

One noncity resident, Jackie Odom, 35, of Lenox Avenue in East Orange, was arrested at William Street and Glenwood Avenue in Orange on charges of selling cocaine.

Cobbertt said all of the adult suspects were jailed, pending municipal court arraignments on the various drug trafficking charges. The juvenile, he added, was sent to the Essex County Youth House in Newark.