After seeing a drug deal in Trenton yesterday, Mercer County Sheriff's Officers tracked down and arrested a man carrying heroin and cocaine, officials said.
Corey Thomas TRENTON — After seeing a drug deal in Trenton yesterday, Mercer County Sheriff’s Officers tracked down and arrested a man carrying heroin and cocaine, officials said.
Corey Thomas, 30, was allegedly involved in a drug transaction while in a car on the 300 block of Ferry Street around 11:30 a.m., the office said in a news release.
A nearby sheriff’s patrol unit witnessed the deal and Thomas attempted to escape by getting out of his vehicle and taking off on foot, the office said. Officers caught up to and apprehended Thomas three blocks away near the intersection of Bridge and Lamberton streets, the office said.
During the chase, Thomas allegedly threw drugs out of his pockets and officers recovered 150 decks of heroin contained in packaging with the words “Magic Dust” and 3 grams of crack cocaine, the office said.
Thomas faces a number of possession and distribution charges for the heroin and crack cocaine including possession of controlled dangerous substances within 1,000 feet of a school, Parker Elementary, and possession with intent to distribute near a public park, Bridge Street Park, the office said.
He also is charged with resisting arrest by flight and use of physical force, and is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center in lieu of $250,000 bail.
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