1 arrested in search of house for drugs - WHIO Dayton

One person was arrested and several other people were being questioned Monday after police drug unit officers served a warrant on a residence in the 3600 block of East Third Street for suspected drug sales.

Members of the Dayton Police Department Drug Unit served the warrant at 3611 E. Third St. just after 5 p.m.

Dayton Sgt. Andrew Booher said the warrant had been approved because undercover drug buys involving heroin and cocaine had been made from that address. Complaints from neighbors had been filed with police as well, Booher said.

As police were in the house, one of the officers was confronted by a pit bull, Booher said, and the officer shot the dog. The dog was not killed, he said. It was taken to the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center.

There were at least two juveniles in the residence at the time of the search, Booher said, and police were interviewing those juveniles Monday night to determine whether any of them were present when drugs were sold. If that was the case, more serious charges are likely to be pursued, Booher said.

Also, the address likely will be added to the city's list of nuisance properties because drug sales were occurring at the house, Booher said.

According to police, placing the address on the nuisance properties list means the people in the house will not be allowed to come back to the address because of suspected drug sales.

Police ask citizens who have complaints about suspected drug sales and drug-related crimes to call the police department's drug hotline at (937) 333-DRUGS.