University Heights Man Arrested After Investigators Find Him With 4 Pounds of Heroin, 11 Pounds of Cocaine

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH - Marcus Morris, 42 of University Heights, was indicted in federal court after investigators found him with more than four pounds of heroin, approximately 11 pounds of cocaine and 10 firearms, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Morris was named in a four-count indictment and was charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, being a felon in possession of firearms, and operating a drug house at 3582 Farland Road.

U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted a package sent from California to 3598 East 147th Street in Cleveland on Oct. 3. The package was addressed to Mrs. Momma James. The package was later determined to contain two kilograms of heroin – one kilogram of a light gray powdery substance and the other kilogram a black tarlike substance, according to court documents.

The package was delivered and on Oct. 4, Morris took the target package from the porch on East 147th Street and placed it in the bed of his truck. After approximately 20 minutes, during which time Morris was making counter-surveillance maneuvers, he was arrested and the package was recovered. Morris and his wife then gave consent to search their home at 3582 Farland Drive in University Heights. Investigators found approximately five kilograms of cocaine and 10 firearms and ammunition, according to court documents.
Morris is forbidden from possessing firearms because he was convicted of cocaine trafficking in 2001 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

“This case is another grim reminder that heroin and other dangerous drugs are in our community and don’t adhere to any boundaries,” Rendon said. “We will continue to work with our partners to get narcotics off the streets and firearms out of the hands of people who are not allowed to possess them.”

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