One of the 21 arrested in the Operation Summer Wind sweep by Bristol Township Police sold narcotics to a confidential informant on three separate occasions, police say.
From December 21 2012 to April 15 2013, the department’s narcotics unit conducted an investigation of Jerry Lynch, 53, of Bristol Township, culminating when he was arrested for selling crack cocaine to the informant on three separate three occasions, police.say.
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On Friday December 21, the confidential informant called Lynch to set up a purchase of the drug from Lynch. Lynch instructed the CI to meet him at the 7-11 on the 71oo block of Bristol Pike in Levittown, court records say.
According to police a short while there after Lynch and a juvenile identified in court records as “JL” (aged 17 at the time of the transactions) arrived at the 24- hour convenience store, pulling into the parking lot , then going inside the store with the juvenile. Several minutes later the juvenile was observed making a hand-to hand transaction with the informant, providing him with .86 grams of crack cocaine packaged in a clear plastic bag, police say.
JL walked over to the defendants vehicle entered the passenger side, leaving the door ajar,where he was observed taking $40.00 from the police source, court records say. Lynch then came out of the store leaving minutes later, driving off with JL, court documents say.
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On Wednesday January 16, the Deep Throat of the operation called Lynch to arrange a second buy of crack from the defendant and was told to meet Lynch at the same 7 -11. While driving towards to meet, however, lynch called the informer telling him the meet location was being changed to USA Gas located on the 5900 block of Green Lane in Levittown.
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Shortly before 12:20 a.m., the CI made contact with Lynch inside the gas station, as juvenile JL was with him when a transaction for .84 grams of crack cocaine packaged in a clear sandwich bag was made for $40.00, After the transaction was made the “JL” and at least one other black male entered the defendant’s vehicle driving away, court records say.
The last of the three purchases made by the confidential informant took place on April 15 when he called Lynch and was told by the defendant to meet him at the same 7- 11 on Bristol Pike where they had transacted narcotics purchases previously. The defendant arrived at the location as the passenger of a vehicle that pulled into the store parking lot, where an exchange of 1.22 grams of crack from the defendant to CI was made for $80.00, according to court documents.
Lynch, arrested this past Thursday, was brought before District Court Judge Robert L. Wagner on four felony possession-distribution charges, and additional endangering the welfare of a minor felony charge plus a misdemeanor for corruption of a minor. He was sent to Bucks County Jail in lieu of 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
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Lynch is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on July 23 in front of Judge Wagner.
