A wanted man was apprehended at a Westmoreland County motel during a drug bust.
According to Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli, agents from her office, the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force collaborated to carry out a search warrant at the Red Roof Inn on Sheraton Drive in Greensburg on Friday.
Inside a room, officers discovered approximately $13,200 in drugs, including 36 grams of fentanyl and 27 grams of cocaine, as well as a backpack containing $3,300 cash.
When Brandon Lewis returned to the motel, police apprehended him without incident. According to police, he was wanted for parole violations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
He told detectives that he was unintentionally released from the Mercer County Jail in February.
Lewis is now being imprisoned at the Westmoreland County Prison.
