Second Trenton Drug Dealer Charged in Two Weeks

Just over one week after the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a drug dealer on the 200 block of Hanover Street in Trenton, officers arrested another man on charges of possessing and distributing heroin and crack/cocaine in the same location, Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler announced on Monday.

Irven Higginbotham, 28, was charged with possession of CDS crack cocaine, possession of CDS heroin, distribution of CDS crack cocaine, distribution of CDS heroin, distributing CDS near a public park (Gandhi Garden Park), and distributing CDS near a school (Daylight-Twilight Alternative High School).

At about 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, a concerned citizen flagged down a Mercer County Sheriff’s Patrol vehicle near the 200 block of Hanover Street.

The citizen directed the officers to a drug sale that was occurring nearby. The Sheriff’s Patrol Unit responded with back up.

Higginbotham was found to allegedly be concealing a baggie containing 20 glassine bags of suspected CDS heroin stamped “Home Run” and 11 smaller glassine bags of suspected CDS crack cocaine stamped “Batman.”

Antone Williams, 34, was captured after officers acted on an anonymous tip on Sept. 24.

“The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office is appreciative of citizens who can help identify and turn in drug dealers who are working our streets,” Kemler said. “I admire their courage to reach out to a Sheriff’s Patrol Unit to stop drugs deals in the area.”

Higginbotham is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center on $100,000 bail.

The attached photo of Irven Higginbotham was provided by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.