DA Pavlock Hopes Arrests
'Put a Dent in the Drug Trade'
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
McKean County District attorney John Pavlock says he hopes the arrests of 14 people this week on drug charges sends a message.
"I hope it puts a dent in the drug trade," Pavlock told WESB/WBRR on Thursday afternoon. "Of course I know it's not going to stop the drug trade. I wish it would, but I'm not that naïve."
"But it should make people out there who are selling drugs and peddling the stuff nervous that we are doing what we can, that there's cooperation here to address the problem and that resulted in the activity that occurred (Thursday)," Pavlock said.
Pavlock said the arrests of three people Tuesday and 11 people Thursday were the result of a months-long investigation by a number of officers in the McKean County Drug Task Force.
Pavlock said the county administers the program "but individual officers work overtime on it – officers from departments all throughout the county and they really worked hard involving these cases."
He said the arrests involved surveillance, purchases of illegal narcotics and pulling a lot of information together.
Pavlock added that he greatly appreciates the cooperation and assistance they received from the Bradford City Police Department, including the Street Crimes Unit and the Emergency Response Team "that those guys pulled together."
He said the Emergency Response Team is "trained to deal with these situations where they're going into a potential dangerous situation involving guns and drugs and the drug trade, and they did an excellent job."
Some of the 14 people were picked up for allegedly selling crack cocaine. Others allegedly sold marijuana and different kinds of prescription pills. Their preliminary hearings are scheduled for later this month. Arrest warrants have been issued for four more people.
WESB/WBRR News Director
McKean County District attorney John Pavlock says he hopes the arrests of 14 people this week on drug charges sends a message.
"I hope it puts a dent in the drug trade," Pavlock told WESB/WBRR on Thursday afternoon. "Of course I know it's not going to stop the drug trade. I wish it would, but I'm not that naïve."
"But it should make people out there who are selling drugs and peddling the stuff nervous that we are doing what we can, that there's cooperation here to address the problem and that resulted in the activity that occurred (Thursday)," Pavlock said.
Pavlock said the arrests of three people Tuesday and 11 people Thursday were the result of a months-long investigation by a number of officers in the McKean County Drug Task Force.
Pavlock said the county administers the program "but individual officers work overtime on it – officers from departments all throughout the county and they really worked hard involving these cases."
He said the arrests involved surveillance, purchases of illegal narcotics and pulling a lot of information together.
Pavlock added that he greatly appreciates the cooperation and assistance they received from the Bradford City Police Department, including the Street Crimes Unit and the Emergency Response Team "that those guys pulled together."
He said the Emergency Response Team is "trained to deal with these situations where they're going into a potential dangerous situation involving guns and drugs and the drug trade, and they did an excellent job."
Some of the 14 people were picked up for allegedly selling crack cocaine. Others allegedly sold marijuana and different kinds of prescription pills. Their preliminary hearings are scheduled for later this month. Arrest warrants have been issued for four more people.
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