VERONA, Pa. — A man is facing multiple drug charges after police say he was seen trying to use cocaine in a Giant Eagle parking lot.
A Verona Police Department official says officers were patrolling the Verona Giant Eagle around 8:40 p.m. Saturday when a “highly intoxicated” man, possibly under the influence of fentanyl, was seen going into the store and then leaving a short time later.
A Verona officer went to check on the man’s welfare and saw him attempt to use cocaine while in a parked vehicle in the lot.
At this point, the man, who Verona police officials identify as Ethan Murphy, 25, of Indiana, was taken into custody and the cocaine seized. Officers also searched Murphy’s vehicle, finding heroin-related drug paraphernalia. Officers say they also found several partially eaten strawberries taken from Giant Eagle in Murphy’s pockets.
Murphy was taken to the Allegheny County Jail and now faces several drug-related charges, along with retail theft and public drunkenness.
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