A man living in a Dewey Square tent and his female associate were arraigned this morning in the Boston Municipal Court for their alleged roles in selling heroin to an undercover police officer.

ISSAC BELL (D.O.B. 6/1/77), a Roxbury resident who told officers he moved into a tent on the Rose Kennedy Greenway three weeks ago, and CHARLENE DUMONT (D.O.B. 4/13/80) with no fixed address, were each charged with single counts of distribution of a Class A drug, conspiracy to violate drug laws, possession of a Class A drug, and two counts each of a drug violation within 1,000 feet of a school or park. Bell was additionally charged with distribution of a Class A drug as a subsequent offense.

Noting Bell’s prior conviction on a drug distribution charge out of Norfolk County, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Fitzgerald requested that bail be set in the amount of $25,000. Fitzgerald requested that Dumont be held on $1,000. Judge Michael Coyne released both on personal recognizance and ordered them to stay away from the Occupy Boston encampment on Dewey Square Park, where they were arrested.

Fitzgerald told the court that Boston Police officers had been made aware of drug activity in and around the area of the encampment and were provided with a description of two individuals who were allegedly selling drugs in the park.

On October 20, undercover officers attempted to buy crack cocaine from a man nicknamed “Shorty”- later identified as Bell. Bell and Dumont were standing together when Bell allegedly told the undercover officers that “he sold dope, not crack.”

On the afternoon of October 21, an undercover officer called Bell’s cell phone number and arranged to buy $80 worth of heroin, Fitzgerald told the court. Bell allegedly told the police officer to meet him in front of South Station in half an hour.

The undercover officer was walking through the Dewey Square Park encampment when an unidentified male asked to use his cell phone. The undercover officer told the man that he couldn’t use his phone because he was waiting from a call from Shorty. The unidentified man allegedly said that he was also waiting for Shorty who “had the best heroin around and the high would last about twelve hours.”

A uniformed police officer saw a man matching Bell’s description go into a tent in the Dewey Square Park encampment. The undercover officer called Bell again to verify his presence in the encampment. Bell allegedly said that he was “bagging it up now” and to wait at the front entrance of the South Station train terminal. At that point, Dumont allegedly approached the undercover officer and said, “He’s in the tent putting it together right now…he’ll be right over.”

At South Station, Bell walked into the men’s bathroom and the undercover officer followed. The defendant and undercover officer entered separate stalls next to each other, and Bell allegedly put his hand under the side wall and made a gesture. The undercover officer handed $80 in cash to Bell and received a plastic bag of a substance believed to be heroin.

Uniformed officers arrested Bell when he returned to Dewey Square Park. Officers recovered the money used to purchase the drugs on Bell’s person in addition to a pack of Newport cigarettes with a plastic bag inside containing heroin. Dumont was likewise arrested for her alleged role working together with Bell to sell drugs. Officers discovered multiple empty plastic bags inside of a hooded sweatshirt in Bell’s tent.

Bell was represented by attorney Jennifer Sanders, and Dumont was represented by attorney Andrea McGeehan. Both are expected to return to court on December 20.