ICYMI: Mother and Son Arrested for Alleged Drug Production, Distribution in Union County

Two Summit residents, a mother and her 18-year-old son, have been arrested and charged on multiple drug and drug distribution charges after a joint narcotics investigation led police to raid their home last week.

The arrests of Marina Donahue, 52, and her son Connor Donahue were the result of a joint narcotics investigation involving the Summit Police Department, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Prosecutor’s Office’s Guns, Gangs, Drugs, and Violent Crimes Task Force, according to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

The house search led to the seizure of:

• more than 100 ecstasy pills
• approximately 120 Xanax pills
• approximately three grams of cocaine
• multiple marijuana plants
• lighting and ventilation systems
• potting soil
• pH testing kits
• insecticide
• marijuana wax
• scales
• packaging materials
• butane canisters
• other materials and paraphernalia

Connor Donahue is charged with:

• second-degree possession of ecstasy with the intent to distribute
• second-degree possession of Xanax with the intent to distribute
• multiple related third-degree drug offenses
• first-degree maintaining a marijuana production facility
• second-degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute

Marina Donahue is charged with:

• first-degree maintaining a marijuana production facility,
• second-degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute
• third-degree drug charges

Bail was set at $150,000 Marina Donahue and $200,000 for Connor Donahue. Convictions on first-degree crimes are punishable by 10 to 20 years in state prison, while convictions on second-degree offenses typically result in terms of 5 to 10 years in state prison.