{"id":134682,"date":"2026-03-10T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134682\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:29:09","slug":"pittsburgh-brothers-charged-after-law-enforcement-seizes-nearly-50k-in-narcotics-from-their-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134682\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh brothers charged after law enforcement seizes nearly $50K in narcotics from their home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two Pittsburgh brothers are in custody and facing multiple charges after a search of their home resulted in the seizure of nearly $50,000 in narcotics, the Pennsylvania Attorney General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Attorney General Dave Sunday says multiple local law enforcement agencies took part in the search of Rodney and Andre Howard\u2019s home, located on Shetland Street in the City of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During that search, officials reportedly seized bricks of fentanyl, 1,200 fentanyl pills, 10.5 ounces of crack cocaine and other drugs, as well as two handguns and a shotgun.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"593\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/29959880c3a1af35c1537d3ef9147466.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOur Region Five agents, along with partners, continue to take drugs and firearms off the streets in western Pennsylvania at rates that should offer encouragement to residents who want to live without fear of violence,\u201d Attorney General Sunday said. \u201cThese brothers \u2014 convicted felons \u2014 were pushing poisons into neighborhoods and were willing to illegally carry firearms to protect their trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Howards face numerous charges for drug trafficking, drug possession and illegally possessing firearms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The brothers are both being held in the Allegheny County Jail, Rodney on $50,000 cash bail and Andre on $10,000 cash bail. They\u2019re both set to be in court on March 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In all, this is what Sunday says law enforcement seized from the Howards\u2019 Shetland Street home:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A FMJ Duckton .410 shotgun<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">1,200 fentanyl pills (approximate street value: $12,000)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">15 bricks of fentanyl (street value: $3,000)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">13 grams of raw fentanyl (street value: $2,600)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">300 grams of crack cocaine (street value: $30,000)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">16 grams Psilocybin mushrooms<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Pittsburgh brothers are in custody and facing multiple charges after a search of their home resulted in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20950,62169,24383,73,75,74,1419],"class_list":["post-134682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-crack-cocaine","tag-fentanyl-pills","tag-pennsylvania-attorney-generals-office","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-western-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134682","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=134682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}