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Berks County Drug Dealer Busted With 2 Pounds Of Meth, Bags Of Crack Cocaine, Cash In Raid: DA
Nearly two pounds of meth was seized, along with bags of crack cocaine and thousands of dollars when police raided the home of an accused drug dealer in Berks County, authorities said.
Jonathan R. Smith, 31, was arrested following the warranted search of his Endlich Avenue home in Mt. Penn on Thursday, June 9, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said.
An investigation began in May when detectives with the DA's office identified Smith as a “street-level” dealer who was selling cocaine in Reading, they said.
Investigators discovered that, while he was selling drugs in Readi…
Raid Of Ex-Con's PA Home Turns Up Loaded Firearms, Meth: DA
A raid of a 64-year-old Pennsylvania man's home turned up several firearms, some loaded and some illegal, and methamphetamine, authorities said.
Scott Allen McCaughey, of Plumstead township, is banned from owning weapons due to a 1980 robbery conviction, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.
Police served a search warrant at McCaughey's Durham Road home around 6 a.m. Thursday, April 28, and found a black fully automatic M4 rifle with no serial numbers showing, along with a bolt-action rifle with an obliterated serial number, authorities said.
McCaughey was also …
5 Arrested In Eastern PA Drug Bust: AG
A drug bust in Eastern Pennsylvania resulted in five arrests, including an alleged ring leader, authorities said.
Said Rivera, along with his alleged dealers Christopher Hall, Amanda Tice, Donalea Turolis, and Joseph Weikel, were accused of distributing and trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in Schuylkill County and the surrounding area, PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Tuesday, April 19.
The ring apparently sold more than 1,000 fentanyl pills and one pound of methamphetamine per week in the region in a one-year period.
The following items were seized during multiple warran…
83 Pounds Of Meth, 200 Bags Of Fentanyl, 25 Guns Seized In PA Crackdown: DA
A year-long investigation led to five arrests and the seizure of several pounds of drugs, firearms, drug money, and more, authorities in Pennsylvania announced.
The probe targeted a drug distribution ring that stretched from California to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said Tuesday, April 5.
The accused leaders of the drug ring were identified as Tyrone Baker, 29, of East Lansdowne, Shakeem Johnson, 27, of Philadelphia, Joshua Quiles, 31, of King of Prussia, Jhamir Winans, 21, of Exton, and Ricky Evans, 28, of Los …
PA Woman Bound With Duct Tape In Bathtub, Beaten With Hammer, Police Say
A man is accused of duct-taping his girlfriend into a bathtub and beating her with a hammer, according to police in Luzerne County.
Matthew Nelson, 28, of Wilkes Barre, is accused of taping a woman, placing her into a bathtub and repeatedly hitting her with a hammer, as first reported by cbs21.
The woman somehow got free, fled from the apartment she shared with Nelson, as he chased her with a hammer, smashing her car windows.
She made it to a police station and reported what happened on Sunday.
She had marks and bruising from the “hammer attack” on her wrists, ankle, arm, and an…
