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Ronald Morton, 41, of 410 ½ Louisa St., has been jailed on three felony counts each of delivery of a controlled substance and illegal use of cellphone for selling crack cocaine to an informant on three occasions at West Fourth and Grier streets in the city in January, it was alleged in an affidavit filed by the county's Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Following his arraignment Friday before Solomon, Morton was locked up in lieu of $50,000 bail.
In another case, Andrew Lee Halliday, 28, of Allentown, has been charged by city police possession of a controlled substance (three grams of marijuana), possession of controlled substances without a prescription (trazodone hydrochloride and lorazepam), possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness in the first block of Market Street about 8:30 a.m. on March 4, according to court records. He has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Aaron Biichle and is free on $5,000 bail.
In another case before Solomon, Laura Mae Smith, 43, of 738 Antlers Lane, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance (1.5 grams of methamphetamine) and possession of a drug paraphernalia following an incident at her former home in the 6400 block of Lycoming Creek Road in Hepburn Township in early April, according to Lycoming Regional police. Following her arraignment, Smith was released on $15,000 bail.