According to a recent report, Pennsylvania detectives were reportedly conducting surveillance in a shopping plaza and arrested a man for drug possession. The detectives say that a vehicle parked in front of their unmarked police car and then a man got into the...
Defending against drug possession charges
If you are charged with possession of an illegal substance, you may be concerned about what the future holds. Criminal defense attorneys help defend against drug charges. The defense strategy used in your case will depend on the facts surrounding your arrest, your...
Pennsylvania men face drug charges after overdose death
Generally, possession of an illegal substance with the intent to distribute is a serious crime and often results in more serious consequences than drug possession for personal use. However, in Pennsylvania, you can also be charged with drug delivery resulting in...
In Pennsylvania, can one be charged for someone else’s drugs?
As most folks know, possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin or a synthetic like oxycontin or marijuana without a prescription, for example - is illegal. But what if a friend, relative or acquaintance leaves narcotics in someone else's...
In Pennsylvania, even legal pot can cause legal trouble
With the state's recent legalization of medical marijuana, Pennsylvania is now in the final phases of implementing the law. And medical marijuana dispensaries have been popping up across the Keystone State, including the first to open in the State College area....
Snowball effect leads to Centre County meth lab bust
Sometimes, especially where criminal charges are concerned, one thing can lead to another and a person can find themselves bogged down in a legal quagmire. This can be especially true if a person was careless or indiscreet, essentially inviting drug charges that were...
Penn State student allegedly sold cocaine out of frat house
A college campus is like a microcosm of society. Just about anything that goes on off campus also happens on campus. And Penn State is no exception. For better or worse, this observation also applies to the kinds of crime one will find on campus. Allegations of some...
An overdose death could mean 40 years for defendant
Most people in Pennsylvania know that it is illegal to buy or sell narcotics. Either party to such a transaction may end up facing drug charges. If, however, the person who purchased the narcotics ends up dying from their use, the person who sold the narcotics to the...
Another major drug bust in Pennsylvania
Just weeks after a sweep resulted in the arrests of 30 defendants in Blair County, two men in a home in the Feltonville area of Philadelphia were arrested with more than 15 pounds of heroin and fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has been tied to several deaths in the...
Stepped-up enforcement resulting in more drug charges
The publicity that has attended the "opioid crisis" in the United States has put considerable pressure on law enforcement agencies to crack down on the illegal sale and distribution of drugs, in general, and of heroin and opioids, in particular. Because of this,...