Pre-Dawn Drug Raid

Some 40 law-enforcement officers and officials staged a pre-dawn drug bust on Tuesday. When it was over, 13 residents of Montauk and East Hampton had been arrested on felony drug-dealing charges, and all were either on their way to jail or already behind bars. Two others had been picked up over the weekend.

East Hampton Town police, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department officers, state troopers, Federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, and representatives of the Suffolk District Attorney, who had brought a fistful of indictments with them, participated in the raid.

Representatives of the press were notified in advance and invited to come along and watch. It was hard to tell, in fact, whether those with cameras and notebooks outnumbered those with guns and bulletproof vests.

"Don't Make Us Shoot!"

Armed with search warrants, police began the roundup at precisely 6 a.m. at the Mulford Avenue, Montauk, residence of John (Jack) O'Dea, 46, a fisherman by trade but, police said, a drug dealer on the side.

Law officers gathered a half-block away and not so silently descended on Mr. O'Dea's small, nondescript ranch house, smashing in a side door with guns drawn. Mr. O'Dea was sound asleep, leaving only his dog to fend off the unexpected visitors.

"Don't make us shoot the dog!" they screamed. "Walk toward me! Right now!" The shouts were deafening, though the animal, which police alternately called Buster or Killer, warmed to the crowd.

"Killer's licking everyone's legs," one officer observed.

Stunned And Sleepy

"Anyone else here? Anyone else here? Hands behind back! Now get down! Let's go!"

Mr. O'Dea, unkempt, disheveled, and sleepy, was made to dress and led out. Obviously stunned, he barely said a word, and at one point appeared to yawn. "House secure!" came a voice from inside.

"That's a hell of a way to get woken up," said East Hampton Town Police Chief Tom Scott, on hand like virtually all the department brass and rank and file.

Inside Mr. O'Dea's house, police said they found a quantity of cocaine "in excess of two ounces," packaging materials, and "some rifles."

As the procession moved down the block toward Lycke's Apartments, a party broke off to execute a second no-knock warrant, at Edward Mueller's Glenmore Avenue house.

Pounced On Pair

There, Mr. Mueller, 36, who owns an excavation business, and Julian Tanner were awake, sitting in a family room. Police pounced on the pair, and afterward said they found cocaine, marijuana, records allegedly indicating drug-dealing activity, and scales.

Mr. Mueller, like Mr. O'Dea, was charged with three counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance third-degree and three counts of criminal possession third-degree, all felonies.

Mr. Tanner had not been charged as of press time, though a felony possession charge was a possibility, said Det. Lieut. Edward V. Ecker Jr. of the town force, who was present during the raid.

Lycke's Apartments

Meanwhile, some officers fanned around and behind Lycke's complex, while the rest split into two teams and descended on apartments 8 and 17.

"Police! Open up!"

A push on number 17's door opened it right up - it was unlocked. Several people inside could be seen scurrying about.

"Defendant right here!" yelled the first officer in. "On the floor," bellowed those who followed. "Get down. Get fuckin' down!" The orders were repeated in Spanish. Everyone inside hit the floor.

Neighbors stirred. "No, we're not after your brother. Everything is okay. Go back inside," a cop said to a woman next door.

Captured By TV Camera

One youth in the apartment was arrested. Mauricio Holguin, 18, had been picked up on similar charges last summer, but, said Detective Ecker, "he went right back out and started dealing again." He faces three counts of criminal sale and possession.

At apartment 8, two women opened the door when the police knocked. The younger one burst into tears when she realized what was happening. She wept loudly as she helped the other woman put her socks on, and continued sobbing as she combed the woman's hair. A television camera zoomed in for a shot.

The woman sobbing was not charged, but Joanne Roge, 43, who was last seen applying makeup, was hit with three counts of criminal sale and possession third degree. The younger woman may have been her daughter, someone at the scene said.

Before it was completely light police had finished the chore. Also arrested, almost all at their residences in Montauk, were Tara Woodruff, 25, who lives at the Montauk Manor, Sidney V. Barton, 51, of Fort Pond Road, John J. Patino, 30, of South Dewey Street, Kelvin Jiminian, 19, of Flamingo Road, and Kurtis Briand, 31, of Edgemere Road.

Farther West

Simultaneously, other teams stationed farther west picked up Brian T. Russell, 24, and Teri Neuhaus, 29, at their house on Abraham's Path in East Hampton. Both were charged with criminal sale and possession.

Angel Velez of Ocean Boulevard in East Hampton, 28, was picked up at his house as well, though he had not been indicted. Police said they seized about two ounces of cocaine and packaging materials at his house.

Mr. Velez was arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on numerous counts of criminal sale and possession and sent to the county jail in Riverhead in lieu of $25,000 bail.

To Ask High Bail

Julie Campbell of Fernald Avenue in Montauk, also arrested though not indicted, was remanded to the same jail in lieu of $10,000 bail after being arraigned in Justice Court on Tuesday.

All those indicted were being arraigned at press time, and prosecutors said they intended to ask for significant bail in every case.

Two other Montauk residents, Frances Martell, 25, and Peter Harlin, 30, both of Edgemere Road, were picked up Saturday and charged with similar offenses. They were arraign ed in County Criminal Court.

Ms. Martell was released Tuesday after posting $2,500 bail, Mr. Harlin a day earlier when he came up with $5,000 bail money.

After Six Months

Police said the raid culminated a six-month-long investigation that earlier had yielded a two-kilo seizure of cocaine in East Hampton and several arrests. Those involved in the latest bust allegedly sold cocaine to undercover agents or police informants during the investigation.

"This is really going to curtail the cocaine problem in Montauk," said Detective Ecker. "They were dealing out of their homes, cars, in bars, to people in the community."

"We became aware of it during the summer," Chief Scott said. "There are a lot of people here, and there was a lot going on."

As for inviting the media, Chief Scott said, "It was the D.E.A. They wanted to show they are a presence on the East End and that they intend to continue to be."

A man in a van pulled into the Lycke's parking lot in the midst of the ruckus. He was looking for a co-worker, he said. A squad of officers eyed him suspiciously and began to descend the stairs toward him. He drove quickly off, past a "Slow - Children At Play" sign and away.