Eight arrested after drug raid on a South End condo that officials say has been causing neighborhood problems for more than a year

Eight people were arrested yesterday following a Monday raid at a condo at 231 West Newton St., the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

The Monday raid - by members of drug units from districts D-4 in the South End and E-5 in West Roxbury and the BPD human-trafficking unit - resulted in the seizure of Suboxone, crack, meth, fentanyl and diazepam, as well as some cash, the DA's office reports.

Among those arrested following the raid of a 630-square-foot one-bedroom condo on the second floor was its owner, Michael Collins, 66, who was charged with possession of a class C substance, the DA's office reports. He was ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail at his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court, the DA's office says.

Three other people were also charged with possession of a class C drug; two were also ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail at their arraignments while the third was released on personal recognizance. A fourth man was also held in lieu of $1,000 bail, but for a previously issued larceny warrant not related to the drugs seized on Monday, the DA's office reports.

One man, who already had outstanding warrants, was charged with possession of a class B substance and was ordered held in lieu of $500 bail. That's the same bail used to hold a man charged with possession of class A and B substancece.

One man, who was charged with possession of class A and C substances as well as possession of a class B substance with intent to distribute failed to appear in court and is now subject to a warrant arrest.

Another man was released on personal recognizance and his case transferred to Cambridge District Court for a previously issued warrant charging him with possession of a class A drug.

The DA's office charges that:

In the past year there have been 59 reported incidents connected to the address.

At least one 311 complaint was filed, in March:

Saw several men exiting 231 West Newton under the influence. Some shirtless. We live across from Titus Sparrow Park and frequently see many of these men under the influence. It appears that they are consuming drugs or alcohol inside 231.

On Feb. 24, a suspect in a Prudential Center shoplifting incident was arrested at the address, BPD records show. In April, his charge of larceny under $1,200 was continued without a finding after he pleaded guilty, on condition he stay out of trouble, but in June, a judge found he hadn't stayed out of trouble and ordered him sentenced to 28 days in the Suffolk County House of Correction, court records show.

Innocent, etc.