A Glenside man is facing felony drug charges following a pedestrian stop in Lansdale Borough last month.
Darrelle Clayborn-Hall, 31, has been charged with three felony counts of possession with intent to distribute, as well as felony counts of escape and flight to avoid apprehension and misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, in connection with the Aug. 18 incident.
Police were on patrol in the area of Main and Broad streets at 2:48 p.m. when they saw Clayborn-Hall walking west along the 100 block of East Main Street. According to the criminal complaint, police were aware that Clayborn-Hall had an active arrest warrant out of Ambler Borough, and they initiated a pedestrian stop towards the rear of Citizens Bank.
Police said they advised Clayborn-Hall of the active warrant and asked that he place his arms behind his back so they could take him into custody. Clayborn-Hall attempted to flee by running east on Main Street, however police pursued him on foot and took him into custody after a two-block chase, the complaint states.
Once in custody, police said a search of Clayborn-Hall uncovered 25 small, red cylinders containing crack cocaine, 18 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl, nine bags of marijuana, one cylinder of marijuana, seven unknown pills and various drug packaging paraphernalia. The report adds that Clayborn-Hall did not have any paraphernalia related to the use of heroin/fentanyl, crack cocaine or marijuana, indicating that Clayborn-Hall intended to sell the narcotics.
Clayborn-Hall was arraigned that evening by Magisterial District Judge Maurice Saylor, who set bail at $20,000 cash. Bail was reduced to 10% of $20,000 cash at Clayborn-Hall’s preliminary hearing on Sept. 1, at which point all charges were held over for county court.
Clayborn-Hall currently remains at the county jail while awaiting the scheduling of his formal arraignment at county court.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause.
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