Mario Berdiel, 57,pulled over by Lorain police after he was seen leaving a suspected drug house that narcotics officers had under surveillance.

Mario Berdiel, 57, was given intervention in lieu of conviction Monday after pleading guilty to possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia for his April arrest. If he completes one year of probation, the charges will be dropped, said his attorney, Mike Duff. Berdiel was pulled over by Lorain police after he was seen leaving a suspected drug house that narcotics officers had under surveillance. He was stopped after police saw him run a stop sign. Inside Berdeil’s vehicle, officers found a small bundle of heroin. Berdiel, who was hired by the city in January, was still in his probationary period and was immediately fired after his arrest. Duff said Berdiel is cleaning up his life. “He had an addiction problem,” he said. “He’s beaten it, and he’s going to stay clean and sober.”

Mario Berdiel, 57,pulled over by Lorain police after he was seen leaving a suspected drug house that narcotics officers had under surveillance.

Mario Berdiel, 57, was given intervention in lieu of conviction Monday after pleading guilty to possession of drugs and possession of drug p...

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Hugo L. Olmedo-Lopez, 38, was charged with possession of cocaine

Hugo L. Olmedo-Lopez, 38, was charged with possession of cocaine and littering. He also had an active warrant in Florida for trafficking in heroin. At about 12:30 p.m., a police officer working with the Building and Health Department on Oakdale Avenue saw a yard with a chair, plastic pool, bottle and paper littering the lawn. There was also a large amount of dog feces in the yard, the report stated. Olmedo-Lopez answered the door and seemed nervous when police asked for his full name and other identification, the report said. Inside the house, police found a large white bag inside a vase, and a scale. An officer noted in the report that there were posters from the movie “Scarface” — about a Florida cocaine dealer — hanging on the walls of the living room. The house was turned over to narcotics detectives for further investigation.

Hugo L. Olmedo-Lopez, 38, was charged with possession of cocaine

Hugo L. Olmedo-Lopez, 38, was charged with possession of cocaine and littering. He also had an active warrant in Florida for trafficking in...

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