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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City police and agents with the state Office of Attorney General arrested three people including a convicted felon who was allegedly recorded by a surveillance camera possessing a firearm at Sherman Hills minutes after a shooting.</p><p>Isaiah Tarique Elam, 29, of North Empire Street, Wilkes-Barre, was captured along with Raisuli Wali Douglass, 43, and David Torres, 30, unknown address, minutes after Douglass allegedly sold cocaine from his residence at 89 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, on Wednesday.</p><p>When agents moved in to arrest Douglass, he was meeting with Elam and Torres seated in a BMW, court records say.</p><p>Authorities allege they found a heroin packet in Douglass&#8217; pocket and additional heroin inside his Carey Avenue apartment.</p><p>Elam was identified as the person in a video carrying a firearm after gunfire in a hallway inside 304 N. Empire Court at the Sherman Hills Apartment Complex on April 5, court records say.</p><p>Police investigated the shooting at which a spent round passed through a wall and entered an apartment occupied by Ashavan Monroe, Shanice Hickson, Kenyattah Hickson and two juveniles. No injuries were reported.</p><p>When questioned about the shooting, Elam denied he pulled the trigger telling police he heard the gunshot and was given the handgun by a man he knows as &#8220;Rob,&#8221; court records say.</p><p>Police said Elam has a 2010 felony drug trafficking conviction in Essex County, N.J., where he served three years in prison. Due to Elam being a convicted felon, he is prohibited from owning, carrying and brandishing a firearm, police said.</p><p>Elam was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and firearms not to be carried without a license. He was also charged with criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.</p><p>Elam was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 total bail.</p><p>Douglass was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count each of possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of communication facility. He was jailed for lack of $10,000 bail.</p><p>Torres was charged with possession of a controlled substance, misbranding a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. He was released on $10,000 unsecured bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Convicted felon arrested after alleged drug deal