Easton Man Jailed on Heroin Charges

A West Ward man was jailed Tuesday morning after investigators found heroin and a stolen gun in his apartment, Easton police said Tuesday.

According to police, Anthony Nixon, Jr., 21, of the 1100 block of Washington Street, sold heroin to a police source last month. Police later got a search warrant for Nixon's home, and executed that warrant Tuesday morning.

Police said the resulting search turned up heroin, three digital scales, and a .22 caliber handgun that had been reported stolen in Bangor.

Nixon is charged with delivery of a controlled substance and receiving stolen property. He was arraigned before District Judge Sherwood Grigg and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Two other people in the apartment -- Anthony Nixon, Sr., 50, and Karen Wiedman, 49 -- will be issued summons for drug possession.