(Photo provided with permission by Beaver Falls Police Department)

After a several months long investigation conducted by the Beaver Falls Police Department and the PA Attorney General’s Office, authorities have arrested a Beaver Falls man. Ernest Thornton was arrested at a traffic stop late yesterday. Approximately 2 ounces of crack cocaine was found in his vehicle. A search warrant was then executed at his residence in the 17-hundred block of 3rd Avenue in Beaver Falls. That’s where police found approximately 15 ounces of crack cocaine, multiple digital scales, a firearm and approximately $6000.00 in cash. Thornton was charged with multiple drug related offenses, a firearm offense and is currently in the Beaver County Jail.