Uniontown man arrested on drug, gun charges
Roberto M. Esquivel|Herald-Standard
Uniontown police officer Michael Bitner logs into evident bags of heroin seized Friday morning during a warrant search conducted by city police and agents from the state Attorney General’s office of Bureau of Narcotics Investigation. Also seized were marijuana, and two semi-automatic handguns.
Roberto M. Esquivel|Herald-Standard
Guns, heroin and marijuana were seized Friday by Uniontown police and agents from the state Attorney General’s office Bureau of Narcotics Investigation. One man was taken into custody and charged in the case.
Alum
Uniontown police and agents from the state Attorney General’s Narcotics Task Force arrested a Uniontown man after serving a search warrant and allegedly finding 10.8 grams of heroin and guns in his home Friday morning.
In addition to the heroin, which police said has a street value of about $4,000, officers seized 6.8 grams of marijuana, two digital scales and two semi-automatic handguns from the home of David Onyeama Alum, 30, 19 Lawton Ave.
City police charged Alum with possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, persons not to possess firearms, possession of a small amount of marijuana and receiving stolen property.
One of the guns, a .22 caliber Colt that was found in the kitchen, was reported stolen to state police in Uniontown in November 2013, police said. A .40-caliber High Point pistol loaded with 10 bullets was found on a dining room table, police said.
Alum’s conviction on a drug charge in 2007 prohibited him from possessing any firearms, police said in a criminal complaint.
In that case, he pleaded guilty to one count of manufacturing with intent to deliver a controlled substance, which was filed by city police, and was sentenced to three to six years in prison, police said.
While his arrest was being processed at the police station, police said that Alum said, “I’m done and tired, just give me what you’re going to give me so I can start my sentence.”
Uniontown Police Chief Jason Cox said his department and the task force have been jointly working on drug investigations in the city for the last nine months and have served more than six search warrants that resulted in the arrest of mid-level drug dealers during that time.
“Most of these investigations have revolved around heroin, which has really reared its ugly head in Fayette County in the last few years,” Cox said. “This collaboration combats drugs and associated crimes that come with the use and abuse of this kind of drug.”
The distribution and abuse of heroin has lead to an increase in burglaries, retail thefts and thefts from vehicles, he said