2 alleged drug dealers nabbed
Butler police seized dozens of stamp bags of suspected heroin along with crack cocaine and marijuana in separate arrests last week, according to court documents.
Charged with felony and misdemeanor possession are alleged drug dealers Tywann R. Windham, 29, of Butler; and James B. Crookshank, 26, of Butler Township.
Windham and Crookshank are being held in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail and $5,000 bail, respectively.
A felon, Windham was out on bail while awaiting trial in Allegheny County in a misdemeanor drug case when Butler police arrested him shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday following a traffic stop on West Pearl Street.
Officers stopped the car after recognizing the driver, 27-year-old Lee E. Oviatt of Butler Township, police said.
Oviatt was wanted on a felony arrest warrant in connection with an unrelated theft case in Butler Township.
Windham, who was riding in Oviatt’s car, was searched and found with suspected crack in his waistband, documents said. Officers also found a bag containing suspected marijuana.
He was taken to the police station where a more thorough search turned up 50 bags of heroin inside his left shoe, police said.
Windham was arraigned on a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police arrested Crookshank about 2 p.m. Saturday after they were called for a reported fight in the 500 block of West Jefferson Street.
Officers searched Crookshank and found him with 14 stamp bags of suspected heroin, documents said. In his pants, documents said, they found $420, mainly in 20-dollar denominations.
Police said they turned up six individually-wrapped rocks of suspected crack hidden in his footwear during an additional search at the station.
Later, they took a look at his cell phone, according to a police affidavit, and found he “was receiving numerous phone calls from several different names and numbers and nearly all the text messages pertained to drug dealing.”
Crookshank was arraigned on charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communication facility, both felonies, and a misdemeanor count of drug possession.
Additionally, police cited him for summary disorderly conduct, stemming from the fight.
Oviatt, meanwhile, was arraigned Thursday on felony theft charges, and released on $10,000 bail.
