Indiana Borough police have announced the arrests of two suspected drug dealers in separate reports.
21-year-old Joshua Pentz of Hollidaysburg, Blair County, was taken into custody just before 8 o’clock last night at his apartment in the 1,000 block of Philadelphia Street. Borough police, the Indiana County Drug Task Force, Homer City k-9 Unit, and the state police vice unit raided the apartment and executed a search warrant, seizing approximately forty pounds of marijuana, more than $16,000 in cash, and drug paraphernalia.
(Homer City Police K-9 Officer Thor with the Marijuana from the bust he assisted on. Picture provided by Homer City Police.)
Pentz is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was placed in the Indiana County Jail to await arraignment before Judge Guy Haberl.
Police also announced the arrest yesterday of 22-year-old Chase Amorso of Oxford, Chester County. He’s accused of having approximately 18 pounds of marijuana in his possession in the 800 block of Maple Street on February 3rd. He also had a large amount of money, along with paraphernalia used in the sale of marijuana.
Charges include possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and possession of a small amount of marijuana, of a controlled substance, and of drug paraphernalia. Like Pentz, Amorso was also placed in the Indiana County Jail to await arraignment before Judge Haberl.
