NORWICH – A Norwich man wanted on a warrant for selling marijuana to an underage youth was brought up on several more charges Monday after officers allegedly discovered him in his home with a number of other drugs and paraphernalia.
Police said they began investigating 21-year-old Christopher Bonno after receiving a complaint from an eyewitness who claimed to see him making drug exchanges with youths in a city parking lot Sunday.
Police investigated the complaint and eventually sought a felony warrant for Bonno’s arrest. The warrant charges Bonno with second degree sale of marijuana, a D class felony, claiming he sold the drug to a youth under the age of 16.
Police serving the warrant at Bonno’s 30 Cortland St. apartment Monday noticed illegal substances inside the residence that were in plain view of the front door, said Detective Michael Purdy.
“Members of the Norwich City Police, during the execution of an arrest warrant, observed various illegal narcotics, controlled substances and drug paraphernalia in the apartment,” reported the Norwich PD in a statement.
Purdy said police seized prescription drugs, marijuana and hypodermic needles from the home.
Police have also found a 17-year-old Norwich male in the residence and charged him with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, both misdemeanors.
Bonno was also charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a B class felony, second degree criminal nuisance, criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Two others in the home were released without charge and were not found in the same room as the illegal substances, explained Purdy.
Bonno and the youth were arraigned in Norwich City Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $500 cash bail. Each are scheduled to appear back in court Thursday morning.