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Charges filed in unrelated drug cases
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CARMICHAELS – Cumberland Township police filed charges Monday in three unrelated drug cases.
Joseph James Dean III, 26, of 254 Haines Road, Carmichaels, was charged after he allegedly sold 11 stamp bags of heroin to a confidential informant working with police Aug. 28 in the parking lot of the Sheetz Store at Paisley intersection.
Police said Dean sold the informant the 11 stamp bags for $135.
Dean is charged with possession of a controlled substance; manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility.
William Brady Morgan Pratt, 23, of 228 W. Church St., Masontown, was arrested Aug. 22 when police assisted a state constable from Fayette County who was attempting to serve a bench warrant on Pratt.
Pratt’s vehicle was stopped by police on Nemacolin Road, according to the criminal complaint. Police said when they asked Pratt to exit the vehicle, they smelled a strong odor of what they believed was marijuana.
Pratt consented to allowing his vehicle to be searched, police said. The constable found a small bag of suspected marijuana and a bag of .22 caliber ammunition inside a book bag in the back seat, police said.
After finding the items, the search was discontinued and the vehicle towed to West End Auto while police obtained a search warrant.
Police executed the warrant the following day and found eight stamp bags of heroin and scales inside the book bag. A paper napkin containing marijuana was also found in the console of the car.
Pratt is charged with manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and prohibited acts.
Jamie Foster, 30, of 120 Pershing Court, Uniontown, was charged with allegedly selling crack cocaine to a confidential informant Aug. 26 in the parking lot of the Sheetz Store at the Paisley intersection.
Foster is charged with manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of a controlled substance.
Preliminary arraignments for Dean, Pratt and Foster had not yet been scheduled as of Tuesday afternoon. The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge Lou Dayich.