Lynn Police seize drugs, weapons from Jackson St. home

LYNN – State Police and the Lynn Police Drug Task Force seized a plethora of drugs when they carried out a search warrant Wednesday at a Jackson Street home.Police went into the first floor apartment of 45 Jackson St. around 3 p.m. and subsequently placed resident Patrice K. Jacobs, 35, under arrest on several drugs and weapons possession charges.A police report said officers were granted a search warrant earlier in the day due to an ongoing investigation.Among the items found were a .32 caliber Keltec firearm with four accompanying rounds of ammunition, a magazine clip for a 9mm handgun and six rounds of 9mm ammunition, hallucinogenic mushrooms (officially known as psilocybin), cocaine, marijuana, five Vicodin pills, 108 “unknown” white pills, 34 pills of Klonadine, $430 cash, two cell phones and a digital scale, according to police.Before police began searching, officers woke up Jacobs who was sleeping, police said. Jacobs allegedly admitted to possession of Vicodin due to having some teeth extricated recently, but said he didn’t have a prescription. Police told him they were searching for cocaine.The drugs, ammunition and firearm will be sent to a State Police lab for analysis and fingerprints are planned to be lifted from the firearm, according to police.Jacobs was charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana and psilocybin with intent to distribute, three counts of a drug violation in a school zone, possession of a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a license.Judge Stacey Fortes-White ordered Jacobs held on $20,000 cash bail at his arraignment Thursday in Lynn District Court. He’s expected back in court Sept. 16 for a pre-trial hearing.A police report did not provide details as to why Jacobs was under investigation.