BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A 20 PR. 30-MAY 6, 2021 BTR
Snowman couldn’t escape
cops in the Bronx
Sirens, lights, police Getty Images
BY JASON COHEN
While marijuana was recently
made legal cocaine still is not.
On Friday, a Manhattan man was
indicted for on multiple criminal
possession of a controlled substance
charges after police found 15 pounds
of cocaine, with a street value of over
$2 million dollars in his car during a
traffi c stop in the Bronx.
“The defendant was allegedly
speeding and tried to fl ee from police
when they attempted to conduct
a traffi c stop,” said District Attorney
Darcel Clark. “When police arrested
the defendant, they allegedly
found six bricks of cocaine weighing
a total of15 pounds in his car. The police
stopped a large amount of illegal
drugs—whose profi ts fuel violence
and other crimes—from being sold on
our streets.”
According to the investigation, at
approximately 12:27 a.m. on Feb. 7, on
the corner of Mount Eden Parkway
and Selwyn Avenue, police offi cers in a
marked car saw the defendant, Melvin
Read-Svazo, 33, of 1980 Park Avenue,
Manhattan, in a white BMW X6 with
temporary New Jersey license plates
speeding .Police Offi cers activated
their lights and Read-Svazo ignored
them and continued to speed,driving
through a red light.
Read–Svazo, who had an open warrant,
allegedly got out of the car and
fl ed on foot. Police caught up to him
and he was arrested on the corner of
Walton Avenue and East 175th Street.
When offi cers checked the defendant’s
vehicle,they allegedly found two bags
in the rear passenger fl oor, which contained
5 pounds of cocaine.
He was arraigned Thursday for
fi rst and second–degree criminal
possession of a controlled substance,
two counts of third–degree criminal
possession of a controlled substance,
fourth, fi fth and seventh–degree criminal
possession of a controlled substance,
third–degree unlawful fl eeing
of a police offi cer in a motor vehicle,
second–degree reckless endangerment
and reckless driving. Bail was
set at $75, 000 cash and he is due back
in court July 9.
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