Crime & Safety

Man Jailed on Drug Charges After Heroin Reportedly Found

A Finleyville man was jailed Thursday night after Peters Township police charged him with possession, possession with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal use of a communication facility.

Police said officers became of a drug deal that was to take place in the parking lot of a local eatery.

When they arrived Thursday afternoon, they discovered Alphonso G. Griffin Jr., 22, with 40 baggies of heroin, stamp bags and a scale.

He was arraigned Thursday before district Judge James Ellis, who remanded him to the Washington County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond.

Griffin is scheduled to appear before Ellis for a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.

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