LANCASTER — Police raided a suspected crack house Friday morning two blocks from an elementary school.
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Members of the Fairfield-Hocking County Major Crimes Unit, the Lancaster police special response team and Lancaster police broke down the door of 1121 1/2 W. Seventh Ave. about 9:15 a.m.
“This was someone we’ve been looking at since January,” said Eric Brown, commander of the Major Crimes Unit. “He kept moving around to different rental properties, but this time he moved within a couple blocks of the school, so we moved on him.”
A 32-year-old man, Christopher Edward Glenn Sensabaugh, was arrested in the home and charged with multiple counts of trafficking in crack cocaine, all fourth-degree felonies, Brown said.
Brown said the unit contacted West Elementary School before the raid and asked it to be locked down.
West Principal Terri Garrett said she was contacted by Lancaster Police Chief Dave Bailey before the raid.
“We have great communication between us and the police,” Garrett said. “He told me what was going on, about when and how he thought it would happen.”
Garrett said they locked down the school just before 9 a.m.
“We positioned teachers near all the doors and told them to pull any late students into the building until after the arrest,” Garrett said. “Classes went on as normal.”
Garrett said she got a call from the chief after the arrest saying that it was all clear.
No one was injured in the raid.
The raid woke up neighbors Joshua Smith and Amy Hopkins.
“You kinda knew they were running drugs or something over there,” Smith said. “Too many people coming and going from the house.”
“It was this real loud bang,” Hopkins said. “So I looked out of the window and saw this guy wearing a ski mask and then I saw the gun he was carrying.”
She then spotted the police vehicles on the street.
“It was a little exciting,” Hopkins said. “You just don’t expect that outside near your home.”
Both had come out on their porch on Seventh Avenue to watch the police continue their search.
Brown said they found $800 in cash while searching the home.
“Our dog also alerted to a dresser we are searching,” Brown said. “We found drug paraphernalia there.”
