Tom Sofield/LevittownNow
A drug sting operation based around the Village Apartments on Beaver Dam Road in Bristol Township, employing the use of a confidential informant, lead to the arrest of a Levittown man on 12 felony drug deal related offenses Wednesday, police say.
According to the probable cause affidavit, a Morrisville Borough patrol officer, who is also a Bucks County narcotics officer, supervised a confidential informant for three separate purchases of heroin over a 26 day span. The operation was initiated in June and culminated in July with the arrest of Braheem Jamal Crump, 22, of Levittown, also known as “Juice.”
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A confidential informant , under the supervision of Morrisville and Lower Makefield officers called “Huice” and made arrangements to purchase a “bundle” (10 packets) of heroin from the Levittown man on Green Lane at the Crown Square Apartments shortly after 1:30 p.m. on June 26, according to police records.
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Prior to the purchase the informant was supplied with $90 in marked bills by police and surveillance of the buy was set up in around the parking lot area near the apartments, police records say.
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Two additional heroin purchases were made in the same area. Both employed the confidential informant, police say. The deals were for$1,600 and $360 (forty packets) and used marked bills. Calls were placed to the Crump’s cell number for each drug deal, court documents say.
The final exchange took place on July 16 after which police arrested Crump and he was charged with possession with intent sell , intent to promote drug sales and criminal use of a communication facility, which are all felonies.
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He was arraigned by District Court Judge Joanne V. Kline. Crump is in Bucks County Jail in lieu of 10 percent of $100,000.
