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The St. Clair County Drug Task Force concluded an investigation into the sales of narcotics with a raid last week.  According to Sheriff Tim Donnellon, a search warrant was executed in the 1100 block of Lapeer Avenue in the city of Port Huron at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday.  Once inside, members of the DTF located and seized approximately $1000 worth of crystal methamphetamine, along with small quantities of heroin, ecstasy and pills.  A large amount of stolen property was also seized.  Five Port Huron men, ranging in age from 48-56 and a 38 year old woman from Port Huron were arrested at the residence.  They face charges including possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver ecstasy, possession with intent to deliver analogue drugs, possession of heroin and being a habitual offender.  The St. Clair County Special Response Team assisted at the site of the search warrant.

A 16 year old boy who attends St. Clair High School is in custody after making a threatening post on social media.  According to St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon, a tip shortly after 3:00 Thursday, regarding a threatening social media post came into the Central Dispatch Center through the “Ok 2 Say” school safety website.  The post was a picture of the suspect, holding what appeared to be an airsoft gun with the caption “Don’t go to school on Monday”.  Deputies and detectives located the suspect at his home in China Township, where he was taken into custody and transported to the Macomb County Juvenile Detention Center.  He is expected to face a juvenile hearing on Saturday.  Administrators from the high school were advised of the threat that was made.

On Thanksgiving Day, at 7:38p.m., St. Clair County Dispatch received a call from Kohl’s Loss Prevention that a subject was in a changing room with several items of clothing, possibly putting on all the items in an attempt to steal them. Deputies arrived at the Kohl’s Store in Fort Gratiot  and the suspect, who had exited the changing room, fled from the store, after assaulting one of the deputies at the entrance / exit doors. Several units of the St Clair County Sheriffs’ Office responded to the area and set up a mobile perimeter to contain the suspect until K-9 Faust could start a track. Within (8) eight minutes from the start of the track, the suspect a 39 yr. old Clinton Twp. man was located to the west of Michaels Auto Sales in a tree line and taken into custody; the deputy who was assaulted was treated at PH McLaren for a minor injury.

A traffic stop on I-94 last week ended with the seizure of heroin and crack cocaine.  According to St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon, deputies from the Sheriff’s Office executed a traffic stop on eastbound I-94 near Smiths Creek Road in Kimball Township shortly before 9:00 p.m. Monday of last week.  Once the vehicle was stopped, drug paraphernalia and some heroin were located inside the vehicle.  The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 44 year old man from Detroit was arrested at the scene of the traffic stop without incident and transported to the St. Clair County Intervention and Detention Center.  During a search of the suspect at the jail, $1200 worth of heroin and $600 worth of crack cocaine was located and seized.  The man faces charges of possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, smuggling contraband into a jail and being a habitual offender.  The St. Clair County Drug Task Force and Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit assisted at the scene of the traffic stop.