Drug Dealers' Possessions Seized

Blair County authorities are taking over the possessions of a former part-time park ranger who pleaded guilty to dealing drugs. Authorities say 63-year-old William Ickes' Roaring Spring home, motorcycle, guns and money were forfeited to the district attorney. Ickes was accused of selling methamphetamine at his home and while on duty at Blue Knob State Park. Prosecutors say they seized large amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana, as well as 16 guns and more than $1,600 from Ickes' home. The house and a motorcycle will be sold and the guns will be destroyed.
Ickes is serving a four-to-eight-year prison term after pleading guilty in August to prohibited offensive weapons and delivery of a controlled substance.