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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was apprehended for possessing drugs on February 24th, 2025. Police went to the 800 block of Maratta Road and at 8:34 a.m., they stopped forty-six-year-old Jason Krotec of Aliquippa. Krotec escaped from police after they found contraband in his jacket pocket. After police pursuited Krotec, he threw the contraband out of the window of the car. According to police, Krotec had suspected crack cocaine, unprescribed pills and drug paraphernalia and it was discovered that he was under the influence of a controlled substance. Krotec was caught by police and is now in the Beaver County Jail.