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Police seize drugs, cash; arrest pair

Devon Davis Hill
Philly man, teen facing charges

BUTLER TWP — Police found more than a hamburger and fries inside a McDonald’s bag early Wednesday morning at a Route 8 motel.

In the bag they turned up about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Butler Township officers say they found heroin and crack cocaine.

When police later searched the owner of the fast food restaurant bag, they found $2,166 in currency. A 17-year-old boy with the suspect had $211.

Police arrested Devon N. Davis Hill, 25, and the teen, both of Philadelphia for felony drug possession.

Hill is in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail. The teenager, who police did not identify, was turned over to county juvenile probation authorities.

A reported assault between a man, later identified as Davis Hill, and a woman initially sent officers to the Days Inn, police said. Officers investigated that call but filed no charges.

However, while at the motel, a security guard approached police and told them about “suspicious activity” between Hill and the boy, according to court documents.

The teen earlier had been seen with Hill in the motel lobby. The Philadelphia man was also seen going into a bathroom.

Patrolman Justin Hovancik went into the bathroom and retrieved the McDonald’s bag that was in the trash can.

Seized from the bag were suspected drugs, documents said, including 11 stamp bags of heroin, one large Ziploc bag of crack, five smaller bags of crack and six tied bag corners of crack.

Police said they checked the motel surveillance video that showed Hill standing in the lobby and handing the McDonald’s bag to the boy.

District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned Hill on two felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and misdemeanor charges of corruption of minors, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The boy faces similar drug charges as well as possession of a small amount of marijuana and tampering with evidence.

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