District Magistrate Fred Miller arraigned a 26-year-old Altoona man yesterday on charges that he sold crack cocaine to confidential police informants on three separate occasions in Tyrone in April.
\nZacchaeus Jeremiah Haynes, of 1905 19th Street, is charged in nine separate cases, including three that occurred at a residence in Tyrone. All told, he is charged with eight counts of felony delivery of a controlled substance, six counts of possession of a controlled substance, six counts of criminal use of a communication facility and one count of criminal conspiracy.
\nHe was lodged in the Blair County Prison in lieu of $370,000 straight bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 22 at Magistrate Miller\u2019s office.
\nAccording to Chief County Detective, James R. Myers, of the Blair County District Attorney\u2019s office, Haynes was an \u201corganized dealer\u201d who was bringing in \u201cloads\u201d of rock and powdered cocaine from Harrisburg and distributing the narcotic throughout Blair County, including the Tyrone area.
\n\u201cThis arrest is a perfect example of how well the local organizations work together to rid county streets of crime,\u201d said Myers. \u201cThe Tyrone Borough Police, Altoona Police, Pennsylvania State Police and District Attorney\u2019s office have been investigating this case for four months, and we\u2019re now happy to say that we stopped at least some of the narcotics being distributed in Blair County.\u201d
\nAccording to an affidavit of probable cause, Haynes sold a confidential police informant two \u201c50\u201d rocks of crack cocaine for $100 on April 23 at a home in Tyrone. Police said the very next day, Haynes made another sale, this time a single \u201c50\u201d rock of crack cocaine to an informant for $50. Also, on April 26, police said Haynes sold a \u201c50\u201d rock of crack cocaine to an informant for $50 at a Tyrone address.
\n\u201cThis guy was not just a street level dealer,\u201d said Myers. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t an addict. He was in it for the money. While we were watching him, he sometimes made eight or nine runs to sell the drug in a matter of an hour.
\n\u201cHe was selling a lot of drugs here in Blair County. It\u2019s a significant arrest.\u201d
\nIn addition, Sgt. J. McTigue Jr. of the Altoona Police Department arrested Haynes on charges that he either sold crack cocaine to confidential police informants or conspired to sell narcotics to undercover officers.
\nAccording to one affidavit, McTique claims Haynes was stopped while operating an automobile at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Sixth Street in Altoona on June 4. Police said he refused to cooperate with police and was transported to Altoona Hospital because police believed he swallowed illegal substances.
\nA search of his person revealed a bottle containing 25 blue tablets, which authorities believe were ecstasy pills. Inside his rectum, emergency room doctors found a plastic baggie that contained what proved to be crack cocaine.
\nMyers said that although the arrest was made, more could come.
\n\u201cThis investigation is not over,\u201d said Myers. \u201cWe\u2019re still investigating and there could be more arrests. More charges could be filed against Mr. Haynes and other charges could be filed against others.\u201d
\nMyers said the district attorney\u2019s office is happy about the arrest because it not only took a drug dealer off the streets, but removed a dangerous man from society.
\n\u201cThis man had a prior, violent record,\u201d said Myers. \u201cIt shows that violent people are now coming into our community and pushing their drugs. We\u2019re doing what we can to get these people off the streets and this is a significant step in doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
District Magistrate Fred Miller arraigned a 26-year-old Altoona man yesterday on charges that he sold crack cocaine to confidential police informants on three separate occasions in Tyrone in April. Zacchaeus Jeremiah Haynes, of 1905 19th Street, is charged in nine separate cases, including three that occurred at a residence in Tyrone. All told, he is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}