BEREA, Ohio -- A Cleveland man accused of stealing a gun at a gun show took drugs into the Berea Jail and asked a judge for a $1 bond, according to court officials.

Anthony H. Lett, 39, of East 127th Street did not enter a plea Monday in Berea Municipal Court. Judge Mark A. Comstock set his bond at $500,000.

A preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence for a trial is scheduled for May 10.

He is charged with complicity to attempted theft, tampering with evidence, illegal conveyance of illegal items in a detention facility, weapons under disability and two counts of possession of drugs, according to court records.

Lett's arrest Saturday came just hours after police in Cleveland obtained a warrant charging him with rape and aggravated robbery in an April 24 attack in which a woman was raped and her husband was shot.

He is charged with aggravated robbery and rape in that case.

Lett was arrested during an investigation into two theft reports from a gun show at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.

Lett distracted a Mansfield firearms dealer while another man stole two pistols, according to court records.

Berea police reports in Lett's court file said police recovered a gun from the other man, but there is no record in the Berea court of a case involving another person as of Tuesday morning.

Berea police did not return calls seeking comment about the case. A woman at the desk at the police department Tuesday told cleveland.com the there is no arrest record for the other man, and the preliminary report was not complete as of Tuesday.

Officers found crack cocaine and heroin on Lett while booking him into the Berea Jail, court records say.

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