Shenita C. Howard

MIDDLESEX TWP — It was one of those not so ordinary traffic stops.

Middlesex Township Patrolman Bryan Costanzo thought it was just going to be an average speeding stop on Route 8 Sunday night.

But it ended in the arrests of the driver, who was wanted by the United States Secret Service, and her passenger, a suspected drug dealer who was illegally in possession of a handgun and narcotics.

Shenita C. Howard, 24, of Pittsburgh is in federal custody, having been turned over Monday to the Secret Service.

Her boyfriend, Derek Reddix, 28, of Pittsburgh remains in the Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail. He is also is being held on a detainer out of Allegheny County.

Costanzo initially spotted Howard's southbound car around 9:35 p.m. Sunday speeding by his parked cruiser on Route 8.

He caught up to the vehicle and stopped it. When Costanzo ran Howard's name against law enforcement databases, he learned there was a federal arrest warrant for her.

Court records showed that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the warrant July 5 in connection with a counterfeit credit card investigation by the Secret Service.

Details of the investigation were not immediately available. Calls to the Secret Service were not returned this week.

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.