Wilmington police arrested a 24-year-old man Thursday on charges of trespassing and possessing Phencyclidine (PCP).
Wilmington Police Department Spokesman Cpl. Kevin Smith said officers arrested Anthony James Cromartie Jr., 24, in the 700 block of North 30th Street just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Smith said officers were on patrol in the Creekwood community and confronted Cromartie, who is on the Wilmington Housing Authority trespass list.
Officers searched Cromartie and found five individual packages of PCP in his possession, Smith said.
Cromartie was charged with second-degree trespassing, possession with intent to distribute a schedule II drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the New Hanover County Detention Center, where he was placed under a $5,000 secured bond.
