Crime & Safety

Middletown Residents Among 19 Arrested in Newport Drug Sweep

The following arrest information was supplied by the Newport Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Two Middletown residents were among the 19 locals arrested Thursday in Newport as part of an investigation into illegal drug dealing.

On June 2,  members of the Vice/Narcotics Unit, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency, concluded a six-month undercover operation focusing on street level drug dealing within the City of Newport. 

A total of thirty-one arrest warrants were obtained for individuals who are suspected of dealing crack cocaine, cocaine, marijuana, LSD, heroin, and prescription drugs. 

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Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Arrested during the sweep:

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1)     Thomas Mazze, DOB: 03/07/75: 3 Counts Delivery Cocaine 31.5 Franklin St., Newport

2)     Steven Botelho, DOB: 10/21/89: 2 Counts Delivery of Marijuana 26 Division St., Newport

3)     Richard Welch, DOB: 08/09/74: Conspiracy 132 Gibbs Ave., Newport

4)     Ezra Thompson, DOB: 09/26/78: 1 Count Delivery Marijuana 72C Wheatland Blvd., Newport

5)     Michael Johnson, DOB: 09/07/57: 5 Counts Delivery Cocaine 22 Friendship St., Newport

6)     William Wray, DOB: 03/28/57: 2 Counts Delivery Cocaine 32 Wheatland Blvd., Newport

7)     Anthony Peer, DOB: 08/21/62: Conspiracy 231 Park Holm, Newport

8)     Jaime Lewis, DOB: 08/18/67: 3 Counts Delivery “Crack” cocaine 11.5 Newport Ave., Newport

9)     Justin Michaelsen, DOB: 07/22/80: Conspiracy 14 Broadway, Newport

10)  Martin Douglass, DOB: 12/28/86: 2 Counts Delivery Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver 1 Weaver Ave. Newport

11) Emma McKinney, DOB: 02/17/89: 1 Count Delivery Cocaine 2 Ayrault St., Newport

12)  Raphael Ribera, DOB: 12/25/66: 3 Counts Delivery Heroin 120 John St., Newport

13)  William Brailey, DOB: 08/14/69: 2 Counts Delivery of Cocaine 127 Wolcott Ave., Middletown

14)  Kenneth Brasher, DOB: 04/28/76: Conspiracy 20 Chapel St. #13, Newport

15)  Damon Howard, DOB: 04/06/82: 3 Counts Delivery of Cocaine 119 Park Holm, Newport

16)  Jason Smith, DOB: 06/20/73: 1 Count Delivery of Morphine 133 Newport Ave., Middletown

17)  Corey Chiodo, DOB: 10/25/88: 3 Counts Delivery of Cocaine 46 Memorial Blvd. West, Newport

18)  Brian Fay, DOB: 09/20/63: Possession of Heroin 4 Farewell, Newport

19)  Michael Bourque, DOB: 11/12/80: Arrested for Possession of Marijuana during sweep 2 Ayrault St.

The above reports detail arrests made by the . Descriptions of all events are based solely on police officer reports provided to Patch.


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