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Jun 02 2009 ∞

IN ERIE.

**I love this article for the use of “Drug Ring Kingpin” in the title. Nothing else appeals to me except that. And the giggle I got from getting this in an email.


Police Arrest Suspected $500K IUP Drug Ring Kingpin

Suspect Was Unemployed, Living In Pittsburgh

Posted: 1:16 pm EDT June 1, 2009Updated: 11:19 pm EDT June 1, 2009

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation charged six suspected drug dealers in connection with a $500,000 drug ring that distributed marijuana mainly in Erie and on the campus of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.Attorney General Tom Corbett identified Jeffrey Lecorchick as the head of the operation and said that this group of suspects was allegedly responsible for distributing more than $500,000 worth of marijuana since 2005.Evidence and testimony about the alleged criminal activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended the criminal charges.According to the grand jury, Lecorchick trafficked marijuana in his hometown of Erie and on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he attended college. He also supplied Scott Grack and Brian Showman with large quantities of marijuana for resale in Erie and on the IUP campus respectively, according to the grand jury.According to the grand jury, Showman supplied Denton Sauers, a student at Slippery Rock University, and Daniel Bauer, an IUP student, with marijuana for resale.”Being a college student does not make you immune from the consequences of drug trafficking,” Corbett said. “If you’re selling drugs — whether on a university campus or in any of our communities — we will find you and we will put you out of business.”Corbett said that after graduating from IUP in 2008, Lecorchick moved to Allegheny County and allegedly continued to run his organization from his Pittsburgh home.According to the grand jury, a search warrant executed at Lecorchick’s home revealed more than $100,000 in cash, nine firearms, including assault rifles, a quantity of hashish, and records indicating that he was owed $100,000 by those in his organization.Lecorchick was unemployed at the time.“Certainly it’s shocking,” said IUP spokesperson Michelle Fryling. “We hold our students accountable, and we’re just very pleased, certainly, that justice is going to be served and that these suspects were apprehended.”The defendants were preliminarily arraigned before Indiana County Magisterial District Judge Guy Haberl and will be prosecuted in Indiana County by Deputy Attorney General Kristine DeMarco of the Attorney General’s Drug Strike Force Section.Below is a list of the defendants and the charges against them:

  • Jeffrey Lecorchick, 25, of Erie, was charged with one count of delivery of marijuana, one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of possession with intent to deliver hashish, one count of possession of hashish, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of criminal conspiracy, one count of corrupt organizations and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.
  • Todd Aldrich, 26, of Erie, was charged with one count of possession of marijuana and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Daniel Bauer, 25, of Monroeville, was charged with two counts of delivery of marijuana, two counts of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of corrupt organizations.
  • Scott Grack, 23, of Erie, was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, one count of delivery of marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of possession of steroids, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of corrupt organizations.
  • Denton Sauers, 21, of Waterford, was charged with two counts of delivery of marijuana, two counts of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of corrupt organizations.
  • Brian Showman, 23, of Waterford, was charged with one count of delivery of marijuana, one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of corrupt organizations and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.
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