Two Pittsburgh brothers are in custody and facing several charges after a search of their home resulted in the seizure of nearly $50,000 in narcotics, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Attorney General Dave Sunday says various local law enforcement agencies took part in the search of Rodney and Andre Howard’s home on Shetland Street in Pittsburgh.
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During the search, authorities allegedly recovered bricks of fentanyl, 1,200 fentanyl pills, 10.5 ounces of crack cocaine, and other substances, as well as two firearms and a shotgun.
“Our Region Five agents, along with partners, continue to take drugs and firearms off the streets in western Pennsylvania at rates that should offer encouragement to residents who want to live without fear of violence,” Attorney General Sunday said. “These brothers — convicted felons — were pushing poisons into neighborhoods and were willing to illegally carry firearms to protect their trade.”
The Howards are facing multiple counts, including drug trafficking, drug possession, and illegal firearms possession.
Both brothers are being held at the Allegheny County Jail, with Rodney on $50,000 cash bail and Andre on $10,000. They’re both scheduled to appear in court on March 19.
Overall, according to Sunday, law authorities took the following from the Howards’ Shetland Street home:
- A Ruger 57 handgun
- A Lorcin .380 handgun
- A FMJ Duckton .410 shotgun
- 1,200 fentanyl pills (approximate street value: $12,000)
- 15 bricks of fentanyl (street value: $3,000)
- 13 grams of raw fentanyl (street value: $2,600)
- 300 grams of crack cocaine (street value: $30,000)
- 16 grams Psilocybin mushrooms
- 450 grams of marijuana
- $2,284 cash
