Two young men charged with selling marijuana to an undercover State trooper were ordered to stay away from the scene of the crime – America’s first public beach – at their arraignments today in Chelsea District Court.

Assistant District Attorney Michael Distefano did not request monetary bail for ALEXIS DAVID (D.O.B. 11/27/92) or JORDAN JONES (D.O.B. 10/6/88), but did request that they be ordered to stay away from Revere Beach while their cases are pending. Chelsea District Court Judge Jonathan Brant accommodated that request.

David, a Roxbury teen, and Jones, a resident of Hyde Park, are charged with distribution of a Class D substance in a school or park zone for the July 24 incident.

A plainclothes trooper assigned to the State Police Gang Unit on Saturday evening purchased $40 worth of marijuana from the pair after a brief conversation at around 7:30 p.m. on Revere Beach Boulevard. In the course of that conversation, David and Jones – wearing shirts marked “DCR” for Department of Conservation and Recreation – allegedly directed the trooper to the bathhouse near Shirley Avenue.

David allegedly told the trooper to meet Jones in the men’s room. When the trooper did so, Jones allegedly produced a bag of marijuana and provided the trooper with a small quantity of it in exchange for two previously-marked $20 bills.

Upon completion of the transaction, uniformed troopers assigned to the Revere Beach Barracks took the pair into custody. During searches, troopers found bags of marijuana in both suspects’ pockets.

David was represented by attorney Joseph Bardouille and Jones by attorney Ronald Wayland. They will return to court on Aug. 23.
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