Suspect found after escaping in handcuffs from police
Handcuffed and barefoot, wearing a T-shirt-and lounge pants, a suspected drug dealer made a run for it.
Moments earlier, the Butler County Drug Task had executed a pre-dawn search warrant Thursday at the Butler duplex where they said he was staying.
They seized suspected heroin or fentanyl, crack cocaine and other evidence from the home, authorities said.
Around 7 a.m., officers eventually located the escapee — 33-year-old Ryan T. Gomez of Pittsburgh — hiding inside a sport utility vehicle underneath a pile of auto parts at nearby Fuller's Auto Sales on Pillow Street.
District Judge William Fullerton arraigned Gomez on felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and flight to avoid apprehension.
He also is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors.
Gomez is being held in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail.
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