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Eight city residents face charges after a search warrant was executed at a Second Street apartment on Tuesday.
According to a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office report, an investigation into narcotics activity at 741 E. Second St., Jamestown, resulted in a search warrant being executed at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at 741 E. Second St., Apt. 3. Narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and Jamestown Police Department conducted the search, with eight people found inside the apartment: Lawrence Gary Sr., 57, Lacey Barker, 38, Nicole Lavoice, 41, Maranda Lopez, 41, Austin Schwab, 30, Samantha Armstrong, 41, Nicole Hixson, 32, and Kayla Lutgen, 21.
Investigators seized 16.9 grams of fentanyl, 1.9 grams of crack cocaine, a quantity of methamphetamine, 9 dosage units of suboxone, scales and packaging material for the sale and distribution of narcotics and $1,578.
Gary was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.
Barker was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Lavoice, Lopez, Schwab, Armstrong, Hixson and Lutgen were all charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and released with appearance tickets to be in Jamestown City Court later.
Gary and Barker were both taken to the city jail until they could be arraigned.