McKees Rocks, PA (PPP)— A 33-year-old man was arrested following a search warrant executed by the McKees Rocks Police Department and the Agents of the Attorney General.

Tyrone West was arrested on March 31, 2023, after a search warrant was conducted at his residence in the Allegheny County Housing complex located in Mckees Rocks, Pa.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Magisterial District Court, Agents and TFO’s knocked and announced “POLICE SEARCH WARRANT” several times before entering the residence with a master key from Allegheny County Housing Authority Police.

During the search of the residence, officers located four juveniles and three adults. West and one of the adults were located in the upstairs master bedroom together, while the other adult was located in the spare upstairs bedroom, according to the criminal complaint.

During the search, officers found a Taurus GZC 9mm firearm, along with 4 bricks of heroin/crack cocaine, a fentanyl manufacturer kit, and 3 large shopping bags of marijuana. The items were found in various locations in the master bedroom, including a safe, and on shelves, according to the criminal complaint.

It was noted that the heroin/crack cocaine on the shelf were in easy reach of the small children that could have been easily ingested, according to the criminal complaint.

The firearm was found in the closet inside a shoebox and was loaded with one round in the chamber, according to the criminal complaint.

The complaint noted that if one of the small children gained access to either the narcotics or firearm, it could have easily resulted in serious injury or death.

Name: Tyrone West
Gender: Male
Age: 33

Agency: McKees Rocks Police Department

Court: Magisterial District Court 05-3-06
Docket Number: MJ-05306-CR-0000179-2023
Date Filed: March 31, 2023

Bail: $40,000 monetary
Confinement: Allegheny County Jail
Confinement Reason: Unable to post bail. Note: Bail was posted on April 1 by Liberty Bail Bonds.

Criminal Charges

1. Prohibited acts – Manufacture – Schedule I – IV (Felony)
2. Prohibited acts – Manufacture – Schedule I – IV (Felony)
3. Prohibited acts – Manufacture – Schedule I – IV (Felony)
4. Prohibited acts – Manufacture – Schedule I – IV (Felony)
5. Endangering the welfare of children (Felony 1)
6. Endangering the welfare of children (Felony 1)
7. Endangering the welfare of children (Felony 3)
8. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms (Felony 1)
9. Criminal conspiracy (Felony 1)
10. Endangering the welfare of children (Misdemeanor 1)
11. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms (Misdemeanor 1)
12. Prohibited acts – possession of a controlled substance (Misdemeanor)
13. Prohibited acts – possession of a controlled substance (Misdemeanor)
14. Prohibited acts – possession of a controlled substance (Misdemeanor)
15. Prohibited acts (Misdemeanor)

Affidavit of Probable Cause
1) On March 31, 2023, at 10:25Am, Mckees Rocks Police, TFO Finerty, TFO Kluchurosky and I, TFO Cersosimo, along with the Agents of the Attorney General SRT West, Agent Gelles, Tranter, Snyder, Seaburn and Detective Rebel, conducted a sealed search warrant signed by the honorable Judge Bigley. The sealed search warrant was for the residence of ██████████, Mckees Rocks Pa 15136, located In ███████ Housing complex. (Allegheny County)

2) Agents and TFO’s knocked and announced “POLICE SEARCH WARRANT”, numerous times after a good amount of time with no answer, Agents and TFO entered the residence with a master key from Allegheny County Housing Authority Police.

3) During the clearing of the house Agents and TFO’s, located four Juveniles, and three adults, ███████, ███████ and Tyrone West. West and ███████ were located in the upstairs master bedroom together. ███████ was located in the spare upstairs bedroom. West, ███████ and ███████ were placed into handcuffs and removed from the residence.

4) During the search of the residence the following items were located.

Ex1) 1, Taurus GZC 9mm serial number 1C 138997. Located in master bedroom in shoe box. (negative stolen)
Ex2) Large amount of US currency not counted at house. Located in master Bedroom brown jacket.
Ex3) 4 bricks of heroin/ crack cocaine. Located Master bedroom in brown hoodie pocket.
Ex4) Fentanyl/ manufacturer kit. Located in master bedroom (safe)
Ex5) 2 baggies of crack cocaine. Located in master bedroom (safe)
Ex6) 3 large shopping bags of marijuana. Located in Master bedroom (safe)
Ex7) Stamp bags, stamper, scale, Baggies (master) bedroom
Ex8) Indicia for West. Located in Master bedroom (safe)
Ex9) Stamp bags on shelf. Located master bedroom.
Ex10) Crack cocaine on shelf. Located master bedroom.
Ex11) Indicia of ███████. Located master bedroom.
Ex12) I Subaru Accent LLV-5534, towed to Mckees Rocks Police Department.

5) Agents had a K9, at our location and conducted a check around West’s Vehicle (███████), which resulted in an alert. Due to the alert the vehicle was towed by Tomeis towing and placed at our station for a pending search warrant.

6) Agents allowed ███████ to call her mother ███████. ███████ came to our location and took custody of all 4 juveniles and ███████ (Adult). West and ███████ were transported back to our station and placed into a jail cell.

7) Once back at the station the crack cocaine was field tested and showed a positive reading. The Heroin/ Fentanyl, Crack cocaine and Marijuana were weighed. The following weights showed, 71 g of crack cocaine, raw Heroin/ Fentanyl 23.5 grams and marijuana 490grams. The money was later counted for a total of 2,356 dollars.

8) Due to the inherent dangers associated with human contact with fentanyl and carfentanil, these were not field tested, or handled improperly and will be analyzed at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office in a controlled environment.

9) It should be noted that the heroin/ crack cocaine on the shelf were in easy reach of the small children that could have been easily ingested. Along with the firearm being in the closet inside the shoe box. The firearm was loaded with one round in the chamber. If one of the small children gained access to either the narcotics or firearm it could have easily resulted in serious injury or death.

10) During my interaction with West and ███████, I did not observe any physical characteristics that would indicate that he uses crack-cocaine, nor was any user paraphernalia located during the search of his residence or their person. Based off my training and experience, West and ███████ possessed a quantity of crack-cocaine, is significantly greater than a user would possess for personal consumption. Furthermore, the crack-cocaine, was packaged in a manner that I know to be for individual sale.

11) Based on my prior experience, training and belief, glassine-bags are the local, common, preferred method of packaging heroin for distribution, and sales. These bags are also commonly left plain, marked in ink, or placed into different colored bags to depict the brand of Heroin/ Fentanyl which is being distributed.

12) A brick of heroin/fentanyl commonly contains (5) bundles. A bundle commonly contains (10) stamp bags. The amount of heroin/fentanyl (see above weights) that West and ███████ possessed is far greater than mere personal use. Furthermore, West and ███████ appeared to be physically fit and in good health, not displaying any common characteristics of a heroin/fentanyl user. No user paraphernalia for heroin/fentanyl was recovered from West and ███████ residence.

13) On 03/31/2023, Agent Tranter Applied for a search warrant on Tyrone West White Subaru Accent bearing PA registration (███████).

14) At 1:11 Pm, the Honorable Bruce J Boni, signed and granted the search warrant. During the search of the vehicle no further contraband was located inside the vehicle. West will receive a copy of the vehicle search warrant.

I, Officer Eric Cersosimo, respectfully request, the charges outlined in this complaint be held against, Tyrone West.