West Orange Resident Arrested in Raid

Nine suspects charged in drug distribution from two Orange homes.

An 18-year-old West Orange man was among nine people arrested on narcotics charges following an early-morning raid in Orange Thursday, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Patrick Davidson was arrested at his West Orange home Thursday and charged with distribution of narcotics following a month-long investigation into narcotics distribution from 170 Hickory St. and 198 Hickory St. in Orange. Police started the investigation after neighbors had complained the homes were used for open-air sales of cocaine, heroin and marijuana in the city. Small quantities of marijuana, cash, prescription pills and a gun were also confiscated during the raid, officials said. The Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office …

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