Drug and gun charges issued in Seneca
According to Seneca Police Department, a pickup truck in motion late at night Tuesday without displayed headlights or tail lights caught a patrol officer’s attention on WS 1st Street. The police say that after stopping the pickup on ES 3rd Street the following charges were placed against driver Jerry Bernard Lawrence Jr: possession of a weapon during a violent crime and trafficking cocaine. According to the police report, a loaded nine-millimeter handgun was confiscated along with 14.45 grams of a white powdery substance.