Crime & Safety
Convenience Store Search Warrant Nets Four Drug Arrests
Police with a search warrant say they found heroin, Oxycodone and $10,000 cash at a JP convenience store.
Police made a drug bust at a Hyde Park Avenue convenience store on Tuesday, finding a bag of heroin, 45 grams of Oxycodone pills and more than $10,000 cash.
Police executed the warrant at 6:22 p.m. on Tuesday at D&R Supermarket. Officers said they entered the 180 Hyde Park Ave. store peacefully and saw the suspect. Police say they found the contraband behind the counter near the cash register.
Police arrested Jeancarlo Rodriguez, 30, of JP and Ansony Lapaix, 22, of Dorchester, charging them with trafficking in Class A drugs and possession with intent to distribute Class A drugs within 1000 feet of a school zone. The Boston Teachers Union School is just across the street from the convenience store.
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Also arrested were Dilency Liberato, 25, of Mattapan and Noelia Melendez, 25, of Dorchester, who were charged with being in company of a person possessing heroin.
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