Orange police yesterday arrested a family suspected of deaing drugs from their home at Cleveland and Hawthorne streets, Police Director Charles Cobbertt said.

In the raid, which was conducted in conjunction with the Essex County Sheriff's Department, police recovered 30 vials of cocaine, three bags of marijuana and an undetermined amount of money, Cobbertt said.

The raid culminated a three-week investigation that started with an anonymous tip that drugs were being sold on the corner, the director said.

Josephus Williams, 44; his wife, Clara, 40; their sons, Josephus Jr., 20, and Thomas, 18, were charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and possession within 1,000 feet of a school.

Two 17-year-old juveniles, one of whom is another son of the Williamses, and Helen Flintrol, 23, of North Third Street, Newark, were arrested on the same charges, Cobbertt said.

Mrs. Williams was released to attend to her other children at home and the two juveniles were sent to the Essex County Youth House in Newark, Cobbertt said. The other suspects were held without bail, he added.

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