RUTLAND, Vt. — A Rutland man has been charged with selling cocaine and possessing heroin after Vermont State Police searched his home with a warrant, police said Saturday.

Troopers searched a house on Church Street in Rutland at about 6 p.m. on Oct. 30, according to state police. The homeowner, Richard Burke, 55, was arrested on a felony charge of cocaine sale and a charge of heroin possession, police said.

Burke was taken to the state police barracks in Rutland, where he was cited and released, police said. He is due to be arraigned Dec. 14 in the criminal division of the Rutland County court.

Police did not say what, if anything, was seized during the search or what led to the warrant.

The charges are allegations, and Burke is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

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