Mon05212012

Last update08:51:56 PM GMT

Back U.S. U.S. News Crime & Court Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack

Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack

Stock Photo

AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.


The Beaver County Times reports Tuesday that 56-year-old Frank Lee Turner was mumbling when Ambridge police stopped a car in which he was a passenger on Feb. 5.


Police say Turner was mumbling before he struggled with police and was hit with the stun gun - only to have 23 individually wrapped pieces of crack cocaine fall out of his mouth.


Online court records don't list an attorney for Turner, who faces a preliminary hearing on drug possession, resisting arrest and other charges.


Turner remained in the county jail Tuesday, unable to post bond.


(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Circle us on Google Plus