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The Journal-Register
MEDINA —
A Medina man has been charged with possession of narcotics after he showed up to his parole hearing with drugs in his vehicle, according to police.
On Monday, after a month-long investigation into the sale and distribution of crack cocaine in the villages of Albion and Medina, a search of a parolee and his vehicle was conducted by the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force and the state parole division at the Orleans County Public Safety Building during a scheduled parole visit.
Police seized more than half an ounce of powder cocaine, 3 grams of crack cocaine, 3 ounces of marijuana, a quantity of prescription pills, a digital scale and more than $500 in cash. The street value of the drugs is approximately $2,500, according to Supervising Investigator Joseph F. Sacco of the task force.
Norman M. Bloom Jr., 22, of 520 North Academy St., was charged with three counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.
He was arraigned by Albion Town Justice Kevin Howard and was held in Orleans County Jail without bail. He is currently on parole for a previous drug conviction, and a parole warrant was filed against him.
Bloom is due back in Albion Town Court today.
Further arrests and charges are pending in this investigation, officials said.
