The Vermont State Police Drug Task Force, in collaboration with the Brattleboro Police Department and Brattleboro Probation & Parole, arrested two Connecticut residents in connection with a drug distribution operation in Brattleboro.
State police say that on Thursday, Feb. 20 authorities took Rondale Mapp, 38 (photo at left), and Rayteisha Hernandez, 30, both of Hartford, CT, into custody following a months-long investigation into the sale of fentanyl and cocaine at 50 Central Street.
According to the Vermont Drug Task Force, Mapp sold cocaine on four occasions and fentanyl once, while Hernandez was involved in three cocaine sales and two fentanyl transactions. At the time of her arrest, Hernandez was in possession of a glassine bag of fentanyl transported from out of state.
Both suspects were processed at the Brattleboro Police Department before being transferred to the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. Mapp, who was already on probation for a prior narcotics conviction, faces additional charges for probation violations. His bail was set at $50,000, while Hernandez’s bail was set at $25,000.
Mapp and Hernandez are scheduled to appear in Vermont Superior Court in Brattleboro on Friday, Feb. 21, at 12:30 p.m.