BUTLER, Pa. — Fourteen people were taken into custody after officials conducted drug-related search warrants in Butler City Thursday morning.
Pennsylvania State Police said the warrants were executed on N Chestnut Street and Locust Street.
The area of Locust Street was under a shelter in place order for the duration of the warrants. The order has since been lifted.
“The search warrant lasted an hour and 45 minutes, so it was some time before everyone did surrender,” said Trooper Bertha Cazy of Pennsylvania State Police.
A shelter-in-place was lifted shortly after 14 people were taken into custody, something troopers said isn’t an uncommon occurrence.
“We just want everyone to be safe while we get in and get out as fast as possible,” Cazy said.
Troopers said while no shots were fired during the incident, law enforcement did have to take certain measures to get everyone out of the houses.
“State police and everyone involved did have to use explosive breaches and flash bangs, so that might be what some people heard,” Cazy said.
“I went in and told my fiancée – I said, ‘None of the kids are to leave the house, period.’ I mean, I was scared,” said Richard McClelland, who lives in the neighborhood.
State police couldn’t disclose exactly how many of those 14 people will actually face charges and what those charges would be.
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