EASTON, Pa. - Police are searching for a 28-year-old man who is facing multiple drug charges following a search of his home by the Northampton County Drug Task Force.
- Police are searching for a 28-year-old Easton man facing multiple drug crime
- Over one pound of methamphetamine and approximately 1,000 pills containing ecstasy were allegedly found during a search
- Anyone with information is urged to contact Palmer Township police Det. Nicholas Alexander at 610-253-5844
An arrest warrant was issued for Rashawn Shaheed Johns, of the 100 block of North Eighth Street in Easton.
The search of Johns' home was conducted Friday by the task force along with the Easton Police Department, Palmer Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Police Emergency Response Team.
Authorities said they found over one pound of methamphetamine, a stolen firearm, and approximately 1,000 pills containing MDMA, or ecstasy.
A news release from the Northampton County District Attorney's Office said police also recovered a 9mm handgun reported stolen from Allentown.
Johns was described as a Black male, 5-foot-11 in height and weighing about 210 pounds. He is charged with receiving stolen property, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver drugs and related charges.
A search of Johns' bedroom yielded a bag of Firmapress powder typically used to make pressed pills, a digital scale, a small white bag with methamphetamine, a bag with 20 blue MDMA pills and another bag with 38 red MDMA pills, according to the news release. All of the substances allegedly tested positive for both methamphetamine and ecstasy.
In the attic, authorities said they found more drugs in a white safe. It allegedly contained a plastic container with MDMA pills, small baggies of methamphetamine for a total of 507 grams, a handgun magazine and two empty bags of Firmapress powder.
Authorities urge anyone with information to contact Det. Nicholas Alexander of the Palmer Township Police Department at 610-253-5844.
