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A Buffalo man ended up in jail last week for allegedly selling crack cocaine to confidential informants and undercover operatives of the Union County Sheriff’s Office twice in Aug. 2011.

Tyqwan Lamont Robertson, 30, 511 Riley Road, Buffalo, is charged by the sheriff’s office with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and one count of distribution of crack cocaine within a half-mile of a park.

The report on the first incident states that on Aug. 23, 2011, two sheriff’s deputies met with, searched and then wired two confidential informants with a camera and issued them $20 in recorded funds. The confidential informants then went to South Church Street where they made contact with Robertson. They asked him if he knew where they could purchase a quantity of crack cocaine. The report states that Robertson then took out a white rock-like substance believed to be crack cocaine out of his pocket and sold to the informants in exchange the recorded currency.

After making the purchase, the informants met once again with the deputies and turned over to them the substance they purchased from Robertson along with the camera. The informants were then searched again and the substance they’d purchased sealed in SLED Best Pack to be sent to the agency for analysis. A warrant was then signed on Robertson for distribution of crack cocaine.

The report on the second incident states that on the same day deputies met with and searched two undercover operatives who they wired with audio and video equipment and issued $20 in recorded currency to use to buy a quantity of crack cocaine in the Chambertown area. The operatives then drove to the Chambertown area where they met with Robertson on South Church Street. The report states Robertson got into the operatives’ vehicle and sold them a quantity of crack cocaine in exchange for the recorded currency. It also states that Robertson was smoking a marijuana cigarette while in the vehicle.

The report further states that the transaction took place within a half-mile of the James F. Moore Park on Perrin Avenue.

Once the transaction was complete, Robertson exited the vehicle and the operatives went back to meet with the deputies who’d sent them out. The deputies agains searched the operatives and released them after collecting the evidence and placing it in a Best Pack for analysis by SLED.

Robertson was taken into custody June 26.

Incidents

The following incidents are being investigated by the sheriff’s office.

Guns Stolen

A Jonesville man was absent from his home for just two hours but that was long enough for a thief or thieves to enter the building and steal several guns.

The incident report states a deputy was dispatched Thursday afternoon to a residence 244 T. Bishop Road, Jonesville, in reference to a burglary. The victim said he’d left the residence around 2 p.m. that afternoon and when he returned around 4 p.m. he noticed that someone had entered the building through a bedroom window and taken several guns from his gun cabinet and room.

The stolen firearms have a combined value of $3,000.

Car Vandalized

She loaned it to a relative who parked at her home but that didn’t stop a Union woman from falling victim to the vandal or vandals who damaged her car.

The incident report states a deputy was dispatched June 27 to a residence at 104 Carem Road in reference to the vandalism of an automobile that occurred at 154 Hamm St. The victim said she’d let a relative borrow her red 1996 Toyota Camry and while it was parked at the Hamm Street residence someone between 10 p.m. June 26 and 10:15 a.m. that morning scratched up the car.

Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,800.

Another Car Vandalized

A rock or key was the weapon of choice of the vandal or vandals who damaged a vehicle while it was parked at a residence at 1733 Mudbridge Road in Jonesville.

The incident report states that just after 10 a.m. June 21 the victim discovered scratches on his gray 2012 Honda Civic. The vandal or vandals appeared to have use a rock or a key to make the scratches on the front bumper cover and part of the right front fender.

Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,200.