Two Charged, Crack Cocaine Seized after Burnside Avenue Raid

Newport police arrested two men suspected of selling crack cocaine out of a Burnside Avenue house early Friday morning and seized $1,700 cash and more than 35 grams of the drug.

Newport vice squad officers along with members of the department’s Special Response Team used a mechanical ram to bust down the front door to 84 Burnside Ave. at around 6 a.m.

Once inside, they found Wilson Devin Lamont, 23, of 22 Connecticut Ave., Middletown; and Tyjuan Ancel Carter, 20, of 84 Burnside Ave. Both were asleep on couches in the living room.

Officers also found three separate bundles of the drug, weighing 25, 10 and 1.7 grams respectively. And along with the $1,700 cash, police found a digital scale and multiple cell phones.

The investigation began earlier this month. The vice unit had learned that cocaine and crack were being sold from the house and police soon got a search warrant, said Newport Police Lt. William Fitzgerald.

Lamont has been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and controlled substance conspiracy.

Carter has been charged with possession with intent to deliver.

All the charges are felonies and both men were due to appear in court on Friday.