2 Connecticut residents arrested in Glocester on cocaine distribution charges

GLOCESTER, R.I. (WLNE) — The Glocester Police Department said that two people from Connecticut were arrested on Dec. 14 for alleged cocaine distribution.

46-year old Kriss Fitton and 55-year-old Tina Passmore, both of Putnam, Conn., were both charged with possession and manufacture of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of cocaine, and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to deliver.

The department said the Smithfield Police Department assisted in the execution of a search warrant of the West Glocester Motor Inn on Putnam Pike.

Police said they seized over 230 grams of crack and powdered cocaine, $4,300 in cash, and other evidence of the sale and manufacture of crack cocaine.

Both suspects were arraigned and held without bail with a hearing scheduled for Dec. 21.