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westmoreland county
new stanton
Drug charges filed against man awaiting trial
A Forest Hills man awaiting trial in Westmoreland County on drug charges was arrested last week in New Stanton on similar accusations.
Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio on Friday revoked the $100,000 bail that Dorian Lemar Allen, 31, posted in October in the 2014 case. State police on Thursday arrested Allen and Forrest Laroy Ortiz, 23, of Sheraden, during a traffic stop.
Trooper Glenn Adams said in an affidavit of probable cause that he pulled over a Chevrolet Impala that Ortiz was driving at 9:44 p.m. because of an expired registration, failure to properly signal a lane change and “multiple vision obstructions in the front windshield.”
Inside the car, authorities found a “bulk amount” of suspected heroin and cocaine and a Glock semi-automatic pistol that had been reported stolen, according to the affidavit.
Both men were sent to the Westmoreland County Prison on $50,000 bail on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property, firearms not to be carried without a license, possession with intent delivery and related offenses. Preliminary hearings are set for Feb. 15.
Investigators described Allen as a “large-level heroin dealer” at the time of his 2014 arrest. Police found four bricks of heroin in his car during and 14 more in a Greensburg apartment, according to court records. Trial in that case is scheduled for April.
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