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A Trenton man already charged in connection with a fake kidnapping for cash plot was arrested after a joint investigation by Middletown and Morrisville police revealed he was selling drugs, authorities said.
Larry Clegg, 24, of Trenton, was arrested last Monday after a drug deal with undercover officers.
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Police have been purchasing crack cocaine and heroin from Clegg since June 3, according to court papers. The first sale was initiated by an undercover Morrisville officer.
During one purchase on Sept. 13, police said their confidential informant (CI) told them Clegg had a child in the back seat of his vehicle. The buy took place in Middletown’s Cobalt Ridge section, according to court records.
On Sept. 16, a CI went to buy $100 worth of cocaine. Several detectives, patrol officers and a K-9 unit were watching the drug deal and standing by to make an arrest.
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The CI gave a hand signal when the purchase was done and officers rushed into the area of Calicobush and Canyon roads and arrested Clegg, police said. Court papers show that officers found the drug purchase money and a brown bad with suspected drugs in it inside the purple Pontiac Clegg was driving.
Clegg, according to police, admitted to selling crack cocaine and said it was the substance in the brown bag.
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All the drug deals in the investigation happened while Clegg was out on bail. Some of the same Middletown investigators involved in Clegg’s arrest last week were also involved in the investigation that collared him in April. Clegg was charged in an extortion and kidnapping plot and is still awaiting trial in that case.
Clegg was charged with several counts of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, criminal use of communications facility and multiple other offenses. He was arraigned before District Judge John Kelly Jr. and sent to jail on 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
