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Two Newark Residents Arrested for Alleged Drug Distribution

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Newark – Officials say two suspects were arrested Wednesday and narcotics charges were filed against them.

​According to a statement released by Sheriff Armando Fontoura, a task force comprised of sheriff’s detectives and Bloomfield police officers executed a search warrant for an apartment at a townhouse, located at 385 Roselle Avenue in Newark, at noon on Wednesday.

​ “In a bedroom, our officers discovered 41-year-old Johnny Flournoy who was in possession of 208 heroin-filled envelops, stamped “THRILLER” in green ink, 250 plastic vials of ‘crack’ cocaine and $582 in cash,” Fontoura noted.

​Jennifer Pena, 29, also of Newark, was found to have four similarly marked decks of heroin in her bra.

​Flournoy was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute CDS and one count on maintaining fortified premises.

​Pena was charged with possession of CDS and was found to be the subject of an outstanding Superior Court warrant.

​Both suspects were lodged at the county jail where they await bail hearings on today’s charges.

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