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Aligie Delatorre of Union City appears in court on drug charges in Jersey City today, July, 6, 2015.

A Union City man has been charged with possession of suspected marijuana with intent to distribute near a school and near public property after allegedly selling pot during a police "controlled buy," officials said.

Aligie Delatorre, 24, of the 900 block of Palisade Avenue, made his first court appearance on the charges today in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.

In court today, the prosecutor said following a "controlled buy" during a police investigation, officers found two bags of suspected marijuana on Delatorre. She said execution of a search warrant at his residence resulted in seizure of more than once ounce of suspected marijuana.

He is charged with possession of suspected marijuana within 1,000 feet of Edison Elementary School, located at 507 West St. and within 500 feet of Firefighter's Memorial Park, located on Palisade Avenue near Ninth Street, the criminal complaint says.

At today's hearing, Delatorre's bail was set at $35,000 cash or bond.