Crime & Safety
Woman, 65, Peddled Cocaine at Senior Housing Development: Cops
Police found a scale and other paraphernalia in her apartment.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL — A 65-year-old Chicago Heights woman faces drug charges after police say she sold cocaine from her apartment at a senior housing development.
Audrea Sanders, who lives at Golden Towers Senior Living Center, 1704 East End Ave., is charged with manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance on public housing property, and possession of a controlled substance. Sanders appeared in bond court in Markham Wednesday afternoon. Bail was set at $50,000.
Chicago Heights police arrested Sanders Monday evening after allegedly recovering scales and an undisclosed amount of cocaine during a warrant-based search of her apartment at the public housing property operated by the Housing Authority of Cook County, reports the Chicago Tribune.
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Her next court date is set for Dec. 5.
Photo: Audrea Sanders | Cook County Department of Corrections
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