Crime & Safety
Norristown Drug Suspect Busted Driving Wrong Way On One-Way Street: Report
He reportedly tried to hide an object from police when they came toward his car. The "object" turned out to be baggies of crack and heroin.
A Norristown man pleaded guilty to firearm and drug charges on Tuesday after he was arrested driving the wrong way down a one-way street, according to a report in the Times Herald.
Dwayne Madison, 22, of Noble Street, was arrested after speeding down a one-way street on June 5, the report states.
He tried to conceal something from police, which they determined to be baggies of heroin and crack cocaine, according to the report.
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Madison is also being charged in relation to a handgun they found inside a home on Cherry Street where he is suspected to have fled after a robbery at gunpoint in September of 2014, the report states. Due to a previous conviction, Madison is not permitted to own or conceal a handgun.
He was sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail, the report states.
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