Police find drugs and gang members during search warrant of Glass Street house

Anthony Davis, Demarvius Leaster, Michael Jenkins and Robert Allen
Anthony Davis, Demarvius Leaster, Michael Jenkins and Robert Allen

Because of complaints from the community, Chattanooga Police and other law enforcement agencies carried out an investigation that led to a search warrant being served at 2403 Glass St. Thursday evening where authorities found drugs and known gang members.

Four suspects - Anthony Davis, 24, Demarvius Leaster, 18, Michael Jenkins, 23, and Robert Allen, 25 - were found at the residence and arrested. Two of the men, Davis and Leaster, were known gang members, according to a release from the Chattanooga Police Department.

Also confiscated from the house was a variety of drugs including marijuana, crack cocaine, pills, MDMA, as well as a tactical shotgun and drug paraphernalia, the release said.

Accompanying the Chattanooga Police were members of the department's Narcotics and Vice Unit, the Street Crimes Response Team and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Because of the complaints police received from the community, Code Enforcement was notified and the structure was subsequently condemned due to existing violations, the release said.

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