Two Marathon residents charged with drugs

Officers responding to a tip about drug sales arrested two for possessing crack cocaine.

A tip was received that narcotics were being sold at 725 105th Street East in Marathon. Officers arrived to check it out at 9:45 p.m. last Friday. When they knocked on the door a woman answered. The officers could smell the odor of marijuana from inside.

They explained why they were there and asked the woman for permission to search. She gave them permission. There were several people inside the residence. They were all patted down for officer safety. During the pat down search of 32 year old Jerome Leatherwood, officers found cocaine in a cigarette box and in a plastic Tylenol bottle. Leatherwood’s girlfriend, 18 year old Michelle Cameron, was also there. She told officers the drugs in the possession of Leatherwood were hers.

Both Leatherwood and Cameron were arrested and charged with possession of cocaine.