Drug raids in Eltingville, Stapleton; new details in skeleton case: Staten Island’s top crime stories of the week
Updated 8:01 AM;
COPS: CRACK COCAINE FOUND IN MAN’S HOME
The arrest occurred on Grove Street near Hygeia Place in Stapleton. (Courtesy of Google Maps)
An early-morning raid led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man who had crack cocaine inside his home in Stapleton, authorities allege.
Officers armed with a search warrant swarmed the Grove Street residence of Tychim Haynes around 6:15 a.m. on April 2, according to the criminal complaint and police.
The suspect, who was inside a bedroom, was arrested after officers confiscated 25 plastic zipper bags containing crack cocaine, the complaint alleges. The residue of the drug was detected on two cut straws, police said.
Dawn raid at Eltingville home nets drug stash, cops say; man, woman charged
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Officers raided a home in Eltingville where, police say, they found a variety of narcotics intended for sale by a man and woman who peddled heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover officer.
Cops swarmed the home of Alberto Acevedo, 41, and Christina Calix, 35, on Littlefield Avenue near Hylan Boulevard on April 1 at about 6:10 a.m., according to the criminal complaint.
Acevedo and Calix were in bed in a bedroom where, the complaint alleges, officers recovered the following items: Over eight ounces of heroin packed in various containers, including open vacuum-seal bags, a white bottle, a plastic zipper bag and 10 glassine envelops; 16 methadone pills marked M5771 and three methadone pills labeled 54142; two plastic zipper bags containing crack cocaine; one oxycodone pill marked 543; a straw and a scale with heroin residue; a large quantity of empty glassine env