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Somersworth pair hit with drug, weapons, endangerment charges

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Damon Austin, Tanya Phillips (Somersworth Police photo)

SOMERSWORTH - A Somersworth man was arrested on drugs and weapons charges Saturday after police were notified he had threatened someone with a gun in the Union Street area.

The incident unfolded as police learned of the incident and that the suspect had gotten into a Blue Ford Explorer which fled the scene.

The vehicle was seen on High Street by a responding officer and was subsequently stopped on Stackpole Road. As a result of the stop, officers arrested Damon Austin, 36, of 17 High St., Apt. B, who was a passenger.

Inside the vehicle officers found a loaded .22 round Glock pistol magazine and a Glock semi-automatic pistol. It was later identified as stolen in Saco, Maine, in 2017, police said.

Austin was charged with: reckless conduct, being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana, police said.

The driver, Tanya Phillips, 33, also of 17 High St., Apartment B, was charged with being an accomplice to reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child; Phillips' 2-year-old daughter was in the vehicle with them at the time of the incident, police said.

Based on information developed by patrol officers, a search warrant was granted for 17B High St. where police found seven firearms, two that were stolen; more than an ounce of powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, trazadone, scales, and more than $1,700 in currency.

Austin was held on $150,000 cash bail, Phillips on $25,000.

The investigation is continuing and more charges are expected as a result of the items seized during the search at 17B High St. Anyone with further information is asked to call the Somersworth Police Department at 603-692-3131 or 603-692-9111.

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