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Two Jamestown women are facing charges of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced the charges to 27-year-old Antasia Babcock and 34-year-old Celeste Carr, the latter of whom is facing an additional charge of possessing with intent to distribute heroin.
According to the criminal complaints, the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force executed a search warrant Oct. 16, at Babcock’s Wescott Street residence. During that search, officers seized a pound of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, drug paraphernalia and about $62,000 in cash.
That same day, the task force executed another search warrant at Carr’s residence, which was also located on Wescott Street in Jamestown. During that search, officers recovered about 15 ounces of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, approximately 3 ounces of suspected fentanyl, packaging material,