{"id":115306,"date":"2026-02-16T16:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115306\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:01:08","slug":"allentown-drug-raid-yields-ak-47-stolen-guns-cocaine-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115306\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown drug raid yields AK-47, stolen guns, cocaine, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allentown<\/a> police arrested a 20-year-old man and seized multiple firearms and cocaine Friday morning during a raid.<\/p>\n

Cruz-Pineiro, of the city, is charged with felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; felony receiving stolen property; felony unlawful body armor; and other misdemeanor drug offenses.<\/p>\n

He was arraigned before District Judge Karen C. Devine, who set bail at 10% of $50,000. In lieu of bail, Cruz-Pineiro initially was taken to the Lehigh County jail. Court records show he has since posted bail.<\/p>\n

There was no attorney information immediately listed in court records for Cruz-Pineiro.<\/p>\n

City Police Patrol Captain Joshua Brubaker said the search for Cruz-Pineiro began around 6:15 a.m. in the 200 block of West Court Street. Allentown\u2019s Police Vice, Emergency Response Team, and patrol obtained a search warrant following an investigation, Brubaker said.<\/p>\n

Ryan Cruz-Pineiro was the focus of the investigation and he was arrested inside the home, Brubaker told lehighvalleylive.com.<\/p>\n

Investigators seized an AK-47 style rifle with a drum magazine; several high-capacity magazines; a stolen .38 caliber revolver; a .357 caliber revolver; two 9mm semi-automatic handguns; and a ballistic vest. <\/p>\n

Officers also seized about 340 grams of marijuana; 141 THC cartridges; five jars of THC; Xanax pills; seven grams of cocaine; and $1,186 in cash, city police said.<\/p>\n

Cruz-Pineiro is due back in court for a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Feb. 20 before Devine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allentown police arrested a 20-year-old man and seized multiple firearms and cocaine Friday morning during a raid. Cruz-Pineiro,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-115306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}