Area man arrested on drug charges
A Charleroi man is once again behind bars after his second arrest by the same detective from the Washington County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force in just over a month.
Police said Derrick Lee Blakey, 47, of 405 Tenth St., was found with crack, cocaine and marijuana at his home when he was taken into custody May 14 on the original arrest warrant.
Blakey initially faced charges of possession and possession with intent to deliver cocaine for allegedly selling the drug to an undercover detective in Charleroi April 1.
When detectives arrived at his home to take him into custody, they said they saw him run up the stairs after they knocked on the door. A woman answered the door. When detectives entered the home, they said they saw drug paraphernalia.
Blakey was taken into custody. Detectives asked him for permission to search the home. They say Blakey signed the consent form and admitted to police that he had crack, cocaine and marijuana in his upstairs bedroom closet, in a blue tote inside a Crown Royal bag.
In connection with that incident, Blakey was arraigned before District Judge Joshua Kanalis on six counts each of possession and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and nine counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Because he was free on $25,000 bond set on the original charges, he was placed in the Washington County jail without bond. He was ordered held for trial in the first drug case earlier this month.