Lynn pair plead not guilty to heroin charges

LYNN – A judge ordered $25,000 cash bail for each of two city men after police reported responding to a Brightwood Terrace apartment on a disturbance call and finding the men with 66 grams of suspected heroin.Anthony Coleman, 25, of 112 Empire St., and Victor Martinez, 21, of 9 Rogers Ave. #3, each pleaded not guilty to being present where heroin is knowingly kept; and trafficking in heroin; at their arraignment in Lynn District Court on Monday.Police reported responding to a Brightwood Terrace apartment at 4:04 a.m. Monday on the report of a disturbance.Martinez allegedly answered the door and explained that it was not his apartment but belonged to a friend. As Martinez went to get his identification, he grabbed a bag on a table in the middle of the room, Lynn Police Officer Joseph Curley wrote in a report.”Officer (Pablo) Figueroa observed the contents of this bag and based on his training and experience believed it to be heroin,” police said.Believing Martinez was going to destroy the suspected drugs, officers entered the apartment, took the bag from Martinez and arrested him, police reported. Police woke Coleman and arrested him as well. Officers reported finding additional bags of heroin and drug paraphernalia in the apartment, with the suspected heroin totaling approximately 66.4 grams. The resident of the apartment was believed to be already in custody on an unspecified charge and will be summoned for trafficking heroin, police reported.A prosecutor requested $100,000 cash bail for Coleman, noting he was on federal probation for similar offenses, according to court documents. A defense attorney argued Coleman was in the wrong place at the wrong time and noted that he had to be woken up by police, court documents note.The prosecutor requested Martinez be held on $75,000 cash bail, noting the defendant was also on probation for Lynn matters.Judge Cathleen Campbell ordered both defendants held on $25,000 cash bail each and scheduled them to return to court Jan. 20.