JADE arrests 2 men accused of selling drugs near school
The Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement task force has arrested two Northern Virginia men accused of selling drugs in front of a school.
Jose N. Cano, 26, of Woodbridge, and Jorge Saul Rosales-Garcia, 26, of Fredericksburg, were charged Tuesday with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school.
It was not clear which school the men were accused of selling drugs near. The buy-bust operation took place in the 1800 block of Seminole Trail in Albemarle County. Authorities seized 4 1/2 ounces of cocaine, which has a street value of $4,500.
The men are being held without bond at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Information about their court dates was not available.
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I was driving by when the arrest was being made, in the parking lot behind Kohr Bros. near 7-11. This is just a block away from Woodbrook Elementary school where my kids go! I saw 5-6 police cars, 2 hispanic guys bent over the police car w/their hands behind their backs, and a couple of officers w/JADE T-shirts on. I’m pretty sure they weren’t trying to sell to the school kids, who were still in class, and you wouldn’t know a school was just down the block if you didn’t live here. Crazy!
Yeah, they totally should have had the heads up for where best to commit crimes.
Is it really 1,000 feet or less from 29 North in front of the Rio Hill Shopping Center (the 1800 block of Seminole Trail) to the Agnor Hurt Elementary School (3201 Berkmar Drive)?
And if you’re not from this area- How are you to know there’s an Elementary School behind the Rio Hills Shopping Center?
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