Police: Street Fight Leads to Drug Arrest

A Yonkers man faces felony drug charges after police say they found 5.9 grams of crack-cocaine hidden in his pants after he was involved in an early morning fight in downtown White Plains.

Two men were fighting near the intersection of East Post Road and Mamaroneck Avenue at about 2:30 a.m., police say. Carliss Butler, 20, knocked the other man, a 23-year-old from Elmsford, to the ground as police arrived and began punching him in the head, according to arrest reports.

Police arrested both men and charged them with disorderly conduct. While transporting Butler to police headquarters police say he attempted to hide a clear plastic bag in his pants. Police searched the man and arrest reports say they found 5.9 grams of crack-cocaine in 40 smaller bags inside the larger bag.

Butler faces charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degree—both felonies—as well as disorderly conduct—a violation.