Individuals in Pennsylvania facing drug charges may might those charges dropped for several reasons. Some of these reasons are a direct result of a decision from the Supreme Court. A criminal court may also drop drug charges against a defendant when the court finds...
Narcotics investigation in Pennsylvania leads to 7 arrests
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced on July 20 that an investigation into drug distribution in Schuylkill, Berks and Lancaster Counties led to the arrest of seven suspects and the seizure of significant quantities of synthetic marijuana. Police also seized heroin,...
Overdose death leads to narcotics investigation
Police in Pennsylvania have taken a man into custody who they believe sold the drugs that caused the overdose death of an Abingdon man in April. The 37-year-old Philadelphia resident faces a raft of charges including counts of possessing drugs with the intent to...
Drug investigation leads to arrests and gun seizures
An investigation into heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in has led to the arrest of five suspects and the seizure of seven illegal guns according to a press release from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Three women and two men were taken into custody...
Alleged Pennsylavia drug gang indicted
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced in a June 3 press release that 11 individuals have been indicted for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in Luzerne County. The indictments were handed down by a federal grand jury on...
Nearly half of traffic drug dog searches come up empty
Law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania and across the United States routinely use drug dogs to "alert" officers to the presence of narcotics in vehicles. However, studies have found that a significant percentage of these alerts fail to yield any drugs once the...
Drug charges can lead to significant penalties
People who sell or attempt to sell controlled substances in Pennsylvania may be charged with a crime. In most cases, possession with intent to distribute charges are separate from drug trafficking charges. If a person is charged with drug trafficking, it means that...
Cash and large drug quantities lead to drug trafficking charges
Criminal charges of drug trafficking result in more severe penalties and prison sentences than drug possession charges. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania will likely charge you with drug trafficking if police attributed large quantities of drugs to you. Authorities will...
Drug probe leads to 6 arrests
In early February, state and federal investigators arrested six men for allegedly conspiring to transport large amounts of illegal drugs from Puerto Rico to Erie over a two-year period. The charges were brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of...
Pennsylvania man faces muliple drug charges
A 52-year-old Bristol Township man was taken into police custody on March 18 after law enforcement officials say they found drugs and drug-related paraphernalia in his home. The man was placed in the Bucks County Correctional Facility following his arraignment....