Drug raid lands 2 in jail; 2 others for trespass
A weekend drug raid in Butler netted county narcotics officers suspected crack cocaine and other contraband — and landed two men behind bars, authorities said.
The Butler County Drug Task Force arrested John C. Lefevre, 54, of Butler and David A. Riker, 40, of Lyndora. Both men are facing felony and misdemeanor drug charges.
Officers found the defendants at Lefevre's apartment in the 500 block of South Washington Street, investigators said, where they went about 8 p.m. Friday to serve a search warrant.
The search, according to court documents, turned up 4.09 grams of suspected crack, empty stamp bags of suspected heroin, a crack pipe, two digital scales, drug-packaging materials, two cell phones and $214 in currency.
Task force officer John Johnson, who also is a Butler police detective, noted in his affidavit that the amount of drugs found along with the packaging materials and scales “indicate that the crack cocaine was being sold at that residence.”
District Judge Kevin O'Donnell arraigned both Lefevre and Riker on felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
The defendants also are charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
Riker and Lefevre were placed in Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail and $75,000 bail, respectively, following arraignment.
Butler police just hours after the raid, which had broken the door of the apartment, found two alleged trespassers inside the same home.Upon hearing the city officers, the intruders — Brandon S. Smith, 29, of Lyndora and Brandy L. Lane, 30, of Sarver — ran out the back door and down the stairwell, police said.Lane was caught at the bottom of the stairs. Police said they chased Smith down several streets before he was captured. He was allegedly found with a crack pipe.O'Donnell arraigned Smith and Lane each on a felony charge of trespass. Additionally, Smith was arraigned on a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.Smith and Lane were placed in the county jail on $5,000 bail and $3,000 bail, respectively.
