Two people accused of having LSD, psychedelic mushrooms and other narcotics in a home saw charges held against them following a preliminary hearing Monday, Oct. 16.

Police said the narcotics were easily accessible by four children who were in the house when a search warrant was executed in August.

Joseph A. Lavrich Jr. and Kally M. Smith, both 23, were charged with felonies criminal conspiracy and drug sales, and misdemeanor use and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lavrich additionally was charged with four felonies of drug sales and felony child endangerment, and Smith also was charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment.

Lavrich appeared Monday with attorney Joseph Scioscia, and Kally Smith was represented by attorney Armand Cingolani.

Assistant District Attorney Laura Pitchford called investigating officer Ryan Doctor as her only witness in the proceedings. Doctor is a city police officer and detective with the Drug Task Force.

Doctor said that on Aug. 9, he and other members of the task force served a search warrant at the home of Lavrich and Smith. The search followed a tip about drug activity at the house, and a few trash pulls yielded narcotics packaging with suspected marijuana residue.

He said three adults and four children were in the home. Doctor estimated the children to be under the age of 11.

“We found multiple items of interest to the investigation in multiple rooms,” Doctor said.

The first room, which he labeled ‘Room A,’ had a crib full of clothing in it. He said on top of the clothes was an unlocked plastic case containing THC gummies, psychedelic mushrooms, 39 ecstasy tablets, 2 grams of cocaine, 13 amphetamine pills and 19 dextroamphetamine pills.

“That’s where most of the narcotics were located,” he said. “The drugs were well within the reach of the children. They weren’t locked or secured in any way,” he said.

Three other rooms, including the attic, had some sort of paraphernalia in them. According to Doctor, they seized a total of 2,700 LSD doses; 8 pounds of marijuana; 18 jars of THC wax; 136 THC cartridges; 22 packages of THC edibles; a money counter and drug packaging materials; several boxes of 9 mm ammunition; and $4,728 in cash.

A dab press, which is used to create THC pills, and an AR-style pistol with no serial number also were found in the attic of the home, he added.

Pitchford asked Doctor if, in his experience, the amount of narcotics and paraphernalia found in the home could be an indication of drug dealing. Doctor said the evidence pointed to the narcotics being packaged for sale.

Doctor also disclosed Smith spoke with him following the search warrant execution and said she trafficked marijuana and cocaine to customers for Lavrich.

After a short cross-examination by Scioscia, Cingolani asked Doctor about the other people found in the house. There were several objections from Pitchford as to the relevance of the questions.

Cingolani also asked if any communications related to drugs had been found on cellphones taken from the home and about the guns found during the search.

“Drug users use firearms to protect, one, the drugs themselves, and, two, the proceeds from those drugs,” Doctor answered.

Pitchford countered that no charges were filed in regard to the firearms.

“Unless Mr. Cingolani would like charges added to his client,” she said.

“I’m just trying to see what all this means,” Cingolani said.

Fullerton held all charges over for common pleas court. Lavrich and Smith’s formal arraignments are scheduled Dec. 5.