Drug Bust on Amm Street
The McKean County Drug Task Force and Bradford City Police made a drug bust Saturday night at 56 Amm Street.
They arrested Harold Green of Buffalo, Bryant Battle and Louis Edwards of Olean and Jayson Foster and Ben Denning of Bradford. They were arraigned on multiple drug charges by District Judge Rich Luther. Battle is free on bail. The other four are in McKean County Jail.
Officers seized cocaine; numerous pills; drug paraphernalia, including syringes, packaging material, scales and crack cocaine manufacturing ingredients. They also discovered numerous items they believe are from a string of burglaries in the city of Bradford.
Bradford Police Chief Chris Lucco says in a news release sent to WESB and The HERO that recent drug arrests are sending a message that area police "are not going to sit back and watch our communities be taken over by drug peddling thugs that set up shop and feel we are easy prey due to our lack of resources."
"This raid in particular showed how closely related illegal narcotics and other crimes are," Lucco said in the release.
Lucco also thanked McKean County District Attorney Ray Learn and the drug task force for making themselves available to the Bradford police department.
"Without that relationship, we would have a much harder time trying to combat the illegal drug problem plaguing our area," Lucco said.
In the news release Learn said he is extremely pleased with the cooperation between all the departments involved.
"The police departments in this area have shown a real commitment to fighting drug-related crime and have demonstrated how cooperation between departments benefits the entire community," Learn said. "The work of rooting and prosecuting drug dealers will continue and I am very excited about the progress that can be made by working together."
They arrested Harold Green of Buffalo, Bryant Battle and Louis Edwards of Olean and Jayson Foster and Ben Denning of Bradford. They were arraigned on multiple drug charges by District Judge Rich Luther. Battle is free on bail. The other four are in McKean County Jail.
Officers seized cocaine; numerous pills; drug paraphernalia, including syringes, packaging material, scales and crack cocaine manufacturing ingredients. They also discovered numerous items they believe are from a string of burglaries in the city of Bradford.
Bradford Police Chief Chris Lucco says in a news release sent to WESB and The HERO that recent drug arrests are sending a message that area police "are not going to sit back and watch our communities be taken over by drug peddling thugs that set up shop and feel we are easy prey due to our lack of resources."
"This raid in particular showed how closely related illegal narcotics and other crimes are," Lucco said in the release.
Lucco also thanked McKean County District Attorney Ray Learn and the drug task force for making themselves available to the Bradford police department.
"Without that relationship, we would have a much harder time trying to combat the illegal drug problem plaguing our area," Lucco said.
In the news release Learn said he is extremely pleased with the cooperation between all the departments involved.
"The police departments in this area have shown a real commitment to fighting drug-related crime and have demonstrated how cooperation between departments benefits the entire community," Learn said. "The work of rooting and prosecuting drug dealers will continue and I am very excited about the progress that can be made by working together."
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