Five face drug charges after search of Whitehall apartment

Five people are facing drug charges after police searched a Whitehall apartment.

Police seized methamphetamine and crack cocaine at an apartment at 4 Main St., according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Arrested were: Jason A. Brown, 41; Cheryl Braton, 55; Blaire Mahar, 39; James Schrader, 70; and Jessica Matteson, 40.

All of them were charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

Brown and Mahar are also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

Brown is also facing additional drug charges from an indictment in Washington County Court.

Mahar, Schrader and Matteson were charged with loitering.

Brayton is charged with criminal nuisance. Mahar, Schrader and Matteson are charged with loitering.

Brown was arraigned in Washington County Court and held without bail. The other four were arraigned in Washington County Centralized Arraignment and released on their own recognizance.