BEAVER TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A Knox man already in jail for allegedly selling marijuana from his Beaver Township home in May 2016 is now facing additional drug charges filed on Monday by the Pennsylvania State Police Troop C VICE Unit.
Drug Buy in Beaver Township
According to a criminal complaint filed on February 13, 2017, a member of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop C VICE Unit met with a confidential informant to arrange a drug buy at the McElhattan Road home of 63-year-old Clifford D. McElhattan of Knox.
The confidential informant was transported to 997 McElhattan Road on June 16, 2016, in an undercover vehicle. The confidential informant entered the residence around 8:25 p.m. and exchanged $120.00 for a Ziplock baggie containing suspected marijuana, according to the criminal complaint.
Investigators were able to tie the registration of a Dodge Neon parked in the driveway to McElhattan.
Authorities later logged the suspected marijuana into the property room at the Clarion-based State Police barracks.
Search Warrant Executed at McElhattan’s Residence
On January 27, 2017, a search warrant was executed at McElhattan’s home.
The search warrant was executed by the Pennsylvania State Police Troop C VICE Unit, Clarion Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), and members of Clarion-based State Police.
McElhattan was located within the residence and taken into custody.
The following items were found inside the residence:
- Three live marijuana plants
- Several containers including baggies and a bucket containing processed marijuana
- Drug paraphernalia (pipes, scale, marijuana roaches, baggies, and a metal container)
- Marijuana seeds
- Several boxes of ammunition
- Browning .280 caliber rifle
- Mossberg 20-guage pump shotgun
- .22 caliber revolver
- Several pill bottles containing various schedule IV drugs
McElhattan was arrested and placed in the Clarion County Jail on a
