5-time felon busted in drug raid
A Philadelphia man only recently released from state prison was arrested Thursday night during a raid at a Butler home where authorities say he was selling heroin and crack cocaine.
Thomas L. Tillman, 29, a five-time felon, is being held in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bond.
Members of the Butler County Drug Task Force as well as city and Butler Township police officers nabbed Tillman and Jennifer E. Thomas, 27, of Butler at the home in the 200 block of North Washington Street.
About 230 bags of suspected heroin, 22 individually packaged rocks of crack, a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were seized, said county Detective Tim Fennell, who heads the drug task force.
The raid about 9:15 p.m. culminated an investigation into suspected drug dealing at the home that is across the street from the city building, investigators said.
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