PITTSBURGH — An employee of a McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh is charged with selling heroin in Happy Meals.

The District Attorney Narcotics Enforcement Team in Allegheny County received a tip that an employee was selling heroin at a McDonald's in the Bakery Square section of East Liberty.

Officers say customers looking for heroin were told to go through the drive-thru and say “I'd like to order a toy.” The customer would then be told to drive to the first window, where they'd hand over their money and get a Happy Meal box containing heroin in exchange.

Undercover agents on Wednesday set up a fake drug buy and arrested 26-year-old employee Shania Dennis of East Pittsburgh.

PHILADELPHIA — A state lawmaker and his sister have been released on their own recognizance after arraignment in what authorities call a ghost worker plot involving his district office.Thirty-four-year-old Democratic Rep. Jose Miranda and 28-year-old Michelle Wilson are charged with perjury, criminal conspiracy and conflict of interest. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Feb. 4.Prosecutors allege that he funneled a public salary to his sister through a ghost worker because state ethics rules barred her from being on the payroll.A grand jury said Wilson received part of the $36,000 annual salary paid to Timothy Duckett. He held the title of legislative assistant but apparently never showed up at district offices, working instead at an auto repair shop.

FAWN GROVE — Eight horses have been removed from a central Pennsylvania farm and animal welfare officials say their owner will face animal neglect charges.The horses were removed from a property near Fawn Grove after York County Humane Society officials were called to the property and said some of the animals were hundreds of pounds underweight.The owner of the horses voluntarily relinquished their care to the York County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.York County SPCA executive director Melissa Smith said the horses are very thin and suffering from hoof problems, skin disease and open wounds. A ninth horse — a 4-month-old foal — was found dead.