Pair held on drug charges
A wrong turn late Thursday night landed two Pittsburgh men behind bars after Butler police say they found hundreds of bags of suspected heroin in the out-of-towners' car.
Wallace Goldston III, 21, and Kelan E. Johnson, 30, are being held in the Butler County Prison on $75,000 bail each. Both face felony and other drug charges.
The defendants were stopped in an Infiniti G35 in the right lane at a red light on West Cunningham Street about 11:10 p.m. when Goldston turned left onto South Chestnut Street, after the light turned green, police said.
The car turned right in front of Patrolman Jeremy Walters' police car, which was stopped at the same light in the left lane, according to court documents.
The officer immediately pulled over the suspects' vehicle and quickly learned that Goldston has a suspended driver's license.
Since Johnson's license also is suspended, neither man could drive the car, which police had to tow away.
In keeping with department policy, documents said, police had to make an inventory of the vehicle's contents and safeguard any valuables.
A check of the trunk turned up several bags and boxes. Inside a leather bag, Walters found two clear plastic bags containing what appeared to be bundles of small glassine heroin bags, police said.A count determined there were 273 bags of suspected heroin. Most of the bags were white with no markings on them. Several other bags were stamped with “RX360” and “Out of Stock,” documents said.Additionally, hidden in a shoe box, police found a glass jar containing several grams of suspected marijuana.A police affidavit noted that Johnson has several prior drug convictions. One of those convictions, Allegheny County Court records showed, was for felony possession in 2012.Both suspects were arraigned Friday on felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and conspiracy, and misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a small amount of marijuana.Goldston also is charged with driving without a license and making an improper turn.
