DAMMN!!! Six nabbed in drug bust at Rochester apartment

ROCHESTER — An investigation into what police have described as a drug den on Rochester’s Brighton Avenue led to the arrests of six people Saturday — three on drug charges and three on outstanding warrants.

Rochester police assisted by officers from Rochester Township converged on an apartment on the third floor of the Henderson Printing Building at 101 Brighton Ave. around 7:15 p.m.

Inside Apartment 1 they found five people, three of whom were charged with drug crimes.

Rickie Rudd, 53, who lives in the apartment, was charged with possession and possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Richard Hoko, 36, of 605 Reno St., Rochester, was charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. Frank Cousar, 31, of 200 Lion Lane, Bridgewater, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

The three were awaiting arraignment Saturday night.

Police also nabbed Christopher Boulding, 46, of 26 Seventh Ave., Freedom, and Jessica Dugas, 31, who has no known address. Boulding was wanted on a bench warrant issued in Butler County and Dugas on one issued in Beaver County. They are being held in the Beaver County Jail.

While officers were raiding the place, they found Terrence Cox, 41, of Apartment 3 in the same building, who was wanted on an arrest warrant from Bridgewater. Cox was turned over to Bridgewater police.

Rochester Police Officer Frank Mercier said police had received numerous calls about drug activity in the building.

Over the past month, he said, undercover operatives made two cocaine buys in Rudd’s apartment. They also observed numerous known drug users entering and leaving the building.

“This apartment is used as a crack house,” Mercier said. “It’s used by addicts, who go there and do their drugs.”