Janesville police make arrest in heroin case

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Janesville police say they’ve taken a little heroin and a dangerous weapon off the streets.  Officers say they were investigating 37-year-old Melvin Hughes in connection with heroin distribution in the city.  Authorities suspected Hughes was distributing heroin from the Lannon Stone Motel on East Racine Street.  They searched his apartment Tuesday afternoon and took him into custody on charges including Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm