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East Side Drug Tips Roll In #2

The tips continue to roll in as we make progress in identifing the most prominent drug dealing locations in Mt. Hope.

This location is the Evergreen Apartments on the corner of Woodbine and Camp Street. Our sources tell us that a dealer comes out that back door on Woodbine and delivers to cars that pull up at the foot of the steps, probably arranged by cell phone.

This locaton is on Pleasant Street. The site of several shootings.

Corner of Evergreen and Camp Streets. Constant drug trafficing and fencing of stolen goods. They go around to the parking lot of the Evergreen Apartments on the corner of Camp and Woodbine to consumate their deals.

Just behind the kiddie playground in Billy Taylor Park. Dealers hang there and meet up on Camp to complete their sales. Within shouting distance of the District 8 Substation.

Alpin Court on Pleasant Street. A dead end.

Billy Taylor Park, near 124 Camp Street: they hang under the trees and consumate their drug deals on the surrounding streets, Locust, Duncan, Knowles, and Jenkins.

Posted at October 19, 2008 5:20 AM