Shippenville Man Found with Gun, Meth, Drug Paraphernalia Waives Hearing

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published November 29, 2018 5:21 am
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SURAGCREEK BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — A man who was apprehended in Sugarcreek Borough on a warrant from Clarion County waived his preliminary hearing this week on charges related to the discovery of a gun, drugs, and drug paraphernalia on his person at the time of his arrest.

Court documents indicate that the following charges against 25-year-old Ryne Michael Kean of Shippenville were waived for court on Wednesday, November 28:

  • Possession Of Firearm Prohibited, Felony 1
  • Firearms Not To Be Carried Without License, Felony 3
  • Possession Of Weapon, Misdemeanor 1
  • Possess Instrument Of Crime With Intent, Misdemeanor 1
  • Possession of Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor
  • Use/Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor

The charges have been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

Kean remains lodged in the Venango County Jail. Court documents indicate he was denied bail with the reason listed as “Defendant at high risk for repeat offense — he was just released from Clarion County Jail 6 days ago.”

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, on Saturday, November 17, Ptlm. Johnson of the Sugarcreek Borough Police Department stopped a vehicle on Crestview Drive for an inoperative headlight. The driver provided an insurance card for the vehicle but stated she could not find her license and provided her name and date of birth.

The front passenger also provided her name and the back seat passenger, Ryne Kean, gave his name.

Ptlm. Johnson discovered that the driver had a suspended drivers license and Kean was wanted on a warrant in Clarion County.

Ptlm. Johnson informed Kean of the warrant, and asked him to step out of the vehicle. After Kean was handcuffed, he was searched and a pistol was found in an inside pocket of his coat, along with a spare magazine, a black hood, and a pair of black gloves. Several needles with fluid and some without were also found inside his coat. Various pills, powders in containers and stamp baggies, a metal smoking pipe, a glass smoking pipe, and q-tips and a syringe inside a black glasses case with were also found.

According to the complaint, Kean said the one needle contained methamphetamine. Kean also admitted he wasn’t supposed to have a pistol.

After returning to the station, Ptlm. Johnson discovered that Kean did not have a concealed carry permit and is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Kean was arraigned on Sunday, November 18, in Magisterial District Judge Andrew F. Fish’s office.

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