SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton man is facing drug charges after authorities say narcotics were discovered during a search of a city home.<\/p>\n
According to the Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office, investigators executed a search warrant at a residence on Mineral Avenue as part of an ongoing drug investigation.<\/p>\n
Officials say 53-year-old Damion Foster was taken into custody at the scene without incident.<\/p>\n
During the search, law enforcement officers reported finding about 20 grams of crack cocaine and roughly 400 ecstasy pills. Authorities estimate the street value of the drugs at around $5,000.<\/p>\n
The warrant was carried out by multiple agencies, including the district attorney\u2019s narcotics unit, Scranton police, and members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.<\/p>\n
Foster was arraigned and is being held in the Lackawanna County Prison after bail was set at $50,000. A preliminary hearing is expected to be scheduled within the next several days.<\/p>\n
Officials say the investigation is part of ongoing efforts to target drug activity in the city. Foster is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton man is facing drug charges after authorities say narcotics were discovered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-155441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155441","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=155441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}