37 year-old Daryl Mayen Sr., 51 year-old Rosalie Bell, 25 year-old Arzel Flowers, and 19 year-old Crystal Lewis, dodged a drug possession charge today after Mayen's son, 18 year-old Daryl Mayen Jr., took the rap so that the rest could be freed.
According to the Gang Suppression Unit, this morning between 6:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., they conducted a search at #2057 Teacher's Street, West Landivar, which is the residence of Daryl Mayen Sr.
During a search of a room in the house that belongs Daryl Mayen Jr., and his girlfriend Crystal Lewis, the officers found a transparent plastic bag which contained 7 grams of crack cocaine inside the front pocket of a jeans pants that was hanging in the room.
A further search led to the discovery of an undetermined amount of crack cocaine.
As a result, all 5 were all jointly charged with possession of a controlled drug.
Daryl Mayen Jr. and Crystal Lewis were also jointly charged with drug trafficking for the 7 grams.
Daryl Mayen Jr. pleaded guilty to possession when they were all arraigned 2before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer this afternoon.
As a result, Senior Magistrate Frazer sentenced him to pay a fine of $200 by December 30, or he will spend 2 months in prison. The prosecution also withdrew the charges against the other 4 defendants.
For the drug trafficking charge, Senior Magistrate Frazer offered them bail of $6,000 each, which they were able to meet.
They are to return to court on August 21.
Daryl Mayen Sr. was recently shot when a gunman killed his cousin David.
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