AMBRIDGE, Pa. — Two Rochester Boro Men are behind bars after a joint investigation by several Beaver County police departments including, the Attorney General’s Office and Beaver County Drug Task Force.
Officers from Ambridge, New Brighton and Rochester said they have made controlled buys from the two homes in Rochester for several months.
Police said it all came to a head Wednesday night when they pulled over the two men over after they ran a red light in Rochester, and found marijuana on them.
Police obtained a search warrant and went through their homes. Police said they confiscated from the men more six and a half pounds of high grade medical marijuana (which has a street value of18 thousand dollars), 3 guns (one of them stolen) and nearly 14 thousand dollars in cash.
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Neighbors said they watched as police searched the home anhd took out drugs and guns.
Police said Gilmer previously did eight years behind bars for drug crimes.
Both suspects remain behind bars.
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