Man busted twice for drugs at same Rocky Mount hotel
For the second time in eight months, law enforcement officers found a man with drugs inside a room at American Express Inn in Rocky Mount.
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James Otis Davis Jr., 31, faces charges of possession and possession with intent to sell marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
He was arrested at the hotel on June 4 after a search of his room based on tips about someone using and selling drugs. Inside room No. 224, officers found 83 doses of heroin packaged for sale, 20.3 grams of raw heroin, 2.3 grams of “crack” cocaine, 33.9 grams of marijuana and a Hi-Point 9mm handgun.
Davis was out on bond for similar charges based on a search and arrest at the same hotel eight months earlier, according to Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone. Otis is serving probation following a 2018 drug possession conviction.
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