Belligerent St. Luke’s Patient, 32, Found With Meth Following Northampton County Warrant Arrest

A belligerent patient at a St. Luke’s medical practice n Northampton County was found with methamphetamine after he was arrested on an active bench warrant last week, authorities said.

Slate Belt Regional Police Department
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Valerie Musson

09/14/2021 2:54 p.m.

David S. Carpenter, 32, was acting belligerent in the waiting room at St. Luke’s Blue Valley Family Practice on Male Road in Wind Gap Sept. 8 around 2:40 p.m., Slate Belt Regional Police said.

Responding officers carried out a follow-up investigation confirming that Carpenter had an active bench warrant out of Luzerne County, police said.

Carpenter was taken into police custody, where a search of his pockets turned up a cigarette box with a bag of methamphetamine, a glass pipe, a wax packet and two burnt marijuana blunts, police said.

Carpenter was charged with several drug offenses and taken to Northampton County Prison.

Source: Slate Belt Regional Police Department/CrimeWatchPA

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