UPDATE: During the booking process at the jail, a strip search was conducted and an additional 14 individual baggies of suspected crack cocaine were discovered by law enforcement on one of the defendants. Additional charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony); Possession of a Controlled Substance (Misdemeanor); Controlled Substance Contraband to Confined Persons (Felony 2); and Possession of Controlled Substance Contraband by Inmate Prohibited (Felony 2) are pending.
On December 18, 2018, Detectives with the McKean County Drug Task Force arrested two Buffalo men for selling crack cocaine within the city of Bradford. Detectives arrested Leonard Elder, III, aka “Meezy” for selling crack cocaine and using a communication facility to set up the sale on September 19th. The defendant is charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and criminal use of a communication facility.
Detectives also arrested Mitchell Garner for selling crack cocaine on December 18. The defendant is charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and criminal use of a communication facility additionally. The defendant is charged with conspiring with Elder to deliver crack cocaine on December 18. Additional charges are possible.
Both men were arranged by Magisterial District Judge Richard Luther and remanded to the McKean County Jail. The Detectives were assisted by Officers with the Bradford City Police Department,