Middletown police arrested a man on drugs and weapons charges and said they found marijuana and crack cocaine in his buttocks.
On Tuesday, Middletown Police executed a search and seizure warrant at 18 Glover Place, the home of Jeff Spruill, 30, after receiving several complaints. Police said Spruill is a felon with past convictions for criminal possession of a firearm and possession and sale of narcotics.
Police stopped a 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora registered to Spruill’s live-in girlfriend. During a pat-down, police recovered 5.39 grams of crack cocaine and 4.9 grams of marijuana from the buttocks of Spruill, police said.
The crack was separated into three portions and packaged to sell, police said. The street value was around $500.
At the residence, detectives located an unlabeled pill bottle containing Xanax and Dilaudid, three firearms, a Hi-Point .40 cal. semi-automatic pistol with a fully loaded magazine, a Hi-Point .380 cal. semi-automatic pistol with a loaded magazine, and a fully loaded Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver, police said. There were also several boxes of live .357 and .380 ammunition at the residence, police said, along with a camouflage body armor vest.
According to arraignment documents, Spruill denied knowledge of firearms in his attic.
The Smith & Wesson .357 had been reported stolen, police said and they are investigating whether the other firearms were stolen.
Spruill is being held on $300,000 bond and has been charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell, possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, three counts of criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of body armor, theft of a firearm and possession of narcotics.
