Suspect jailed over fake oxycodone prescription

A man tried to fill a prescription for oxycodone-30 on March 20 at a store in Wyomissing. The pharmacist called police about 6:17 p.m. to report the prescription was a fake. Officers went to the store, in the 1100 block of Berkshire Boulevard, but the suspect, who had returned, left just before they arrived. Police found him in a nearby parking lot and arrested him.

The suspect, a 19-year-old Levittown, Pa., man, was charged with forgery and attempted theft by deception. He was jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Lost woman leads police to party with drugs, underage drinkers in Wyomissing

A woman made too much racket trying to get back to the room where the party was while in a hotel about 12:35 a.m. March 18 in the 400 block of Park Road North. Police officers arrived and found the party with little difficulty – partly with the help of a strong smell of marijuana in a hallway. They found three large bags of pot in the room, a small plastic bag of cocaine, several prescription pills and drinkers who were not yet 21.

Crime news from the Reading Eagle

In case you were wondering about a hubbub in West Reading yesterday regarding a felon and his alleged green thumb, the Reading Eagle has the story: 

Felon was growing pot in apartment, police say

Woman charged with possessing pot in West Reading business

West Reading police received a call about drug use about 11:13 a.m. Aug. 5 at a business in the 600 block of Reading Avenue. Five days later they charged a suspect, a 24-year-old Reading woman, with possession of marijuana. She was released on $5,000 bail.

Reading man accused of drug possession in Wyomissing

Wyomissing police charged a 29-year-old Reading man June 27 with possession of a controlled substance stemming from a Feb. 5 incident. In the winter, police officers saw the suspect drop what appeared to be drugs while he was waiting in line to get into a business in the 200 block of Park Road North. The man was released at the time, pending analysis of the item he dropped. Based on the latest charges, it looks like the suspicious substance was, in fact, drugs.

Police find drugs in child's car seat

A traffic stop in Wyomissing turned in to a drug bust early in the morning of Jan. 26. Police stopped a car about 1:35 a.m. at the intersection of Penn and Eighth avenues. While officers spoke to the people in the vehicle, they could smell marijuana. A search turned up several small plastic bags of the drug hidden in a child's booster seat.

Would-be heroin buyer arrested in Wyomissing

Wyomissing police spotted a man sitting in a vehicle about 6:45 p.m. July 8 in a parking lot in the 800 block of Hill Avenue. A check of car’s registration turned up an outstanding warrant on the owner. The officer stopped the car as it drove off the lot and arrested the man, who had a suspended license as well as the scofflaw warrant. He told police he came to the area to buy heroin and was waiting for police to leave so he could drive into Reading and purchase drugs.

Friend signs for, then takes woman’s medications from pharmacy

A woman who was feeling ill went to a drug store with a friend about 12:38 p.m. May 11 in the 500 block of Penn Avenue in West Reading. She gave her friend permission to sign for her prescription. The friend took the drugs and left her at the store. Police did not indicate what kind of medicine it was. The woman wasn’t sure she wanted to file charges.

Drunken-driving suspect waives preliminary hearing

A West Lawn woman faces a possible jury trial on charges stemming from a crash police say she was involved in in February in Wyomissing. Officers had found the woman passed out in a car about 4:21 a.m. Feb. 20 near the intersection of Cedarwood and Larchwood roads in the borough. She was charged with drunken driving, including one count indicating a blood-alcohol content of 0.16 or higher (twice the legal limit), possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and damage to unattended property. She waived all those charges to court at a preliminary hearing April 15.

Man faces charges after traffic stop in West Reading

A West Reading police officer spotted a vehicle with registration that didn’t match about 10:50 p.m. April 11 in the 100 block of South Third Avenue in the borough. The officer stopped the vehicle and saw a small plastic bag of what appeared to be marijuana inside.

Police search for car burglary suspect, find man with drugs instead

A West Reading police officer patrolling the area of Tulpehocken Avenue and Walnut Street in the borough about 7:15 p.m. March 15 stopped a man on a bicycle in the 400 block of Tulpehocken Avenue. The man raised the officer's suspicions because of the recent string of vehicle break-ins in the borough this month. He spoke with the cyclist, who eventually admitted having pot and drug paraphernalia in his pockets. The suspect, a 28-year-old West Lawn resident, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Man tells police he has pot in his car

A West Reading police officer spotted a man about 9:05 p.m. Feb. 20 make a wrong turn from Penn Avenue onto Second Avenue. After the officer stopped the vehicle the driver admitted he had marijuana inside the car.

Woman passed out in car faces charges

A Wyomissing resident called police about 4:21 a.m. Feb. 20 to report a car that was stopped but running at the intersection of Larchwood and Cedarwood roads in the borough. Police found a woman passed out in the car and had to break the rear window to get her out. Unspecified drug items were visible to the officers. They took her to St. Joseph Medical Center for a blood test.

Hospital patient found with pot

While doing a routine inventory procedure on a trauma patient, Reading Hospital security guards found a small plastic bag of marijuana in the man's coat pocket, about 11:34 p.m. Jan. 20 at the hospital in West Reading. Borough police seized the drugs.

Drugs found in home of shooting suspect

The West Reading resident accused of shooting another man in the evening of Nov. 4 from his porch had large quantities of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his home, West Reading police Chief Edward Fabriziani said.

Fabriziani said the victim, a Reading man, was arguing with the suspect on the front porch of the latter’s apartment in the 100 block of South Fifth Avenue in West Reading. As the victim left, the suspect fired a handgun at him.

“He shot him as he was running away,” Fabriziani said.

The victim was taken to Reading Hospital and treated for a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was released either that night or the next day, Fabriziani said.

The shooting was initially described as a gun battle or a home invasion. Neighbors, who reported hearing as many as nine shots, thought it was a shootout. The notion that it was a home invasion came from the suspect, who called police that night to report it as such.

“We now know that’s not the case,” Fabriziani said.

The 48-year-old suspect was arrested Nov. 4 and charged with three counts of simple assault, two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of reckless endangerment, drug possession, possession with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and possessing an instrument of a crime. He was jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Officer finds drugs in car parked at convenience store in Wyomissing

A Wyomissing police officer on patrol spotted a car parked in the corner of a convenience store parking lot about 8:23 p.m. Oct. 14 in the 600 block of Park Road North in the borough. Someone walked up to the car, then walked away as the vehicle drove off. The officer stopped the vehicle for having an expired registration. Both people in the vehicle told different stories about why they were at the store. The officer searched the vehicle and found marijuana seeds in an empty cigar container. The driver was cited and the drugs were destroyed.

Juvenile caught trying to sell drugs at Berkshire Mall

Someone called Wyomissing police about 8:29 p.m. Sept. 18 to report a juvenile trying to sell drugs to passersby at the Berkshire Mall, in the 1600 block of State Hill Road in the borough. When officers stopped the would-be dealer they found a “substance resembling marijuana” on the child, who also gave police false identification. The youngster now faces citations through Juvenile Court.