SMITH COUNTY — Tyler police arrested a woman Wednesday following a drug raid at a home on Trezevant street.
According to Tyler Police PIO Don Martin, police received a tip about drug deals going on at the home. After getting a warrant, police officers, including SWAT units, raided the home at 1307 W. Trezevant Street.
"So upon search warrant today, they found the 26 grams of crack cocaine and some hydrocodone, some marijuana," Martin said. "That is a first degree felony on the crack cocaine."
Rome Hayward, 27, was arrested by police during the operation. Martin says there were four others in the house, including a small child.
Hayward will face a number of drug charges that includes possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance penalty in a drug free zone and possession of marijuana.
"It was also within a thousand feet of city park, so that made it a drug-free zone. So that will be taken into consideration during the sentencing phase," Martin said. "It will basically allow the district attorney to enhance the charge. It's already a first-degree felony now so there really wouldn't be much more enhancement on that level."
Hayward was arrested and charged with possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance penalty in a drug free zone and possession of marijuana.
Police say the house had been known to neighbors as a place for drugs.
"Our objective is to make sure that we rid that neighborhood of that house and make it safer for all the residents there," Martin said. "We actually had a resident that actually came forward after this said hey good job kudos to y'all for getting rid of these people."
Hayward was booked in the Smith County Jail. She has prior convictions of theft and marijuana possession in 2011 and 2013. All of those convictions were misdemeanors.