Crime & Safety
Barnstable Police Nab Repeat Crack Cocaine Trafficker
A man on bail for trafficking cocaine was arrested Monday on a new cocaine trafficking charge.
Barnstable Narcotics Detectives arrested a 49-year-old man on Monday, Dec. 2, for trafficking in cocaine. This is the second time in two months the man was arrested for allegedly distributing crack cocaine in the area.
Barnstable Police established surveillance on Timothy Ellerbe and followed him to a drug supplier in Wareham. Ellerbe was stopped on Route 6, where he was found with approximately 28 grams of crack cocaine hidden in a wristband.
He was placed under arrested for Trafficking in Cocaine 28-100 grams.
Ellerbe was out on $5,000 bail for the same charge for an Oct. 9 incident.
Ellerbe was arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Tuesday where his original bail was revoked and $25,000 bail was set for the new case.
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