Athens Police Make Drug Arrests

arrested two men on drug charges April 26.

In one arrest, members of the Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 150 Anderson St. and found crack cocaine, a cell phone, cash, packaging material, and Alprazolam. Robert Orante Booker, 34, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

In another case, about 6 p.m., an officer on patrol saw a subject he believed had a suspended license driving a vehicle in the Dublin Street area. A traffic stop was made near E Broad St and a computer check confirmed his license was suspended. When the driver got out of the car, the officer smelled marijuana and took the man into custody. A search turned up a bag of marijuana, a Lortab and a Percocet pill, and a digital scale. Howard Cornelious Stevens, 37, of Washington Drive, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a schedule I/II drug, and driving with a suspended license.

Police also reported a burglary that occurred between April 21 and April 26, in which copper wire valued at $1,800 was stolen from a storage building on the former Armstrong and Dobbs property on Oconee Street.

A man told police at Warren and Fairview Streets that two to four young men wearing T-shirts and jeans beat and robbed him of $15, but he then became uncooperative and refused treatment by emergency medical workers. Witnesses told police it might have been a drug deal gone bad.