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Trenton business owner charged in two-state drug raids

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Juan Turner, 34, was arrested and charged with crack cocaine possession and distribution

TRENTON - A Trenton business owner was charged with drug possession after his downtown shop and his Pennsylvania house were raided by police, authorities said.

turner.jpgJuan Turner, 34, was arrested and charged with crack cocaine possession and distribution. 

Juan Turner, 34, was arrested and charged with crack cocaine possession and distribution after his store, Cavoe Fashion Store on West State Street, was raided by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force around 10 a.m. Thursday, prosecutors said.

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office and Falls Township police also raided Turner's apartment on Mill Creek Road in Levittown, prosecutors said.

No drugs or paraphernalia was found at the store, prosecutor's said, but a search of Turner's 2011 Chevy Impala turned up 1 gram of crack cocaine, prosecutors said, and police fond another 19 grams of crack hidden in Turner's underwear.

The search of Turner's Levittown apartment turned up a digital scale and several plastic bags of cocaine residue, prosecutors said.

Turner was jailed in lieu of  $150,000 cash bail, according to police records, and prosecutors said charges are pending in Pennsylvania.

Keith Brown may be reached at kbrown@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBrownTrenton. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook.

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