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Man arrested for selling cocaine near Wabasso school

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Undercover officers for the Multi-Agency Crime Enforcement Unit have arrested a 49-year-old man for selling cocaine with 1,000 feet of the Wabasso Head Start School.

Joseph Johnson, 49, of the 8400 block of 58th Court, Wabasso, was charged Tuesday with two counts of sale of cocaine and trafficking Oxycodone.

According to the Sheriff’s office, undercover officers purchased 11 Oxycodone pills and $20 worth of crack cocaine from Johnson in late May and then on Tuesday purchased $40 worth of cocaine from Johnson at a convenient store near 64th Avenue and 85th Street.

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