Oil City Man Waives Hearing on Felony Drug Charges

| March 29, 2018

GavelFRANKLIN, Pa. (EYT) – An Oil City man facing felony drug charges waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday in central court.

According to court documents, 26-year-old Raine Tyler Brown, of Oil City, waived the following charges in a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Andrew F. Fish at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28:

– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony (three counts)
– Intentional Possession Controlled Substance By Person Not Registered, Misdemeanor (24 counts)
– Use/Possession Of Drug Paraph, Misdemeanor (4 counts)

According to a criminal complaint, around 12:41 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, Officer Floor conducted a traffic stop on 2005 Chevrolet Sedan for having a headlight out.

Upon making contact with the driver, Officer Floor could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle; he asked the driver if she had any marijuana in the vehicle. Brown, who was seated in the front passenger seat, stated that he had marijuana.

Officer Floor had all three occupants step out of the vehicle, and asked Brown where he had the marijuana. Brown told him it was in a black bookbag behind the driver’s seat.

Upon searching the bookbag, Officer Floor located 79 grams of suspected marijuana, two strips of suspected LSD, and 23 suspected ecstasy pills, along with $2,242.00 cash, a digital scale, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia. Brown allegedly admitted to having Marijuana, LSD, and Ecstasy, according to the complaint.

Brown was arrested and transported to Franklin Police Department.

On March 14, Brown was placed in the Venango County Jail on $50,000.00 cash bail. Brown’s bail was changed to 10% of $12,000.00 cash bail on March 28; however, records indicate he remained incarcerated as of Thursday, March 29.


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