(File Photo of an Ellwood City Police Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ellwood City, PA) According to a criminal complaint, a task force raid at a house in Ellwood City resulted in the arrest of four local individuals and the seizure of suspected methamphetamine and other suspected narcotics. This occurred on Tuesday and four people from Ellwood City received charges of counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance and/or Delivery of a Controlled Substance after their arrests. The people who were arrested were thirty-three-year-old Matthew Caldwell, thirty-one-year-old Ryleigh Lucas, forty-six-year-old Daniel Martin and fifty-three-year-old Donald McClain. A search warrant was executed at the house of McClain, and he and the other three suspects were taken into custody. Eight people in total were detained by the Lawrence County HIDTA Task Force inside of the home in the 400 block of Third Street in Ellwood City. According to the complaint, the task force arrived there around 5 p.m. and Martin, who was in front of the house, tried to run and dropped a book bag, which contained 8.77 grams of suspected methamphetamine, a container with four suspected fentanyl pills, 1.4 grams of suspected crack cocaine and $106 in cash. That task force secured the target and with drug paraphenalia throughout the home in plain sight, all of the suspects were taken into custody after being removed from the residence. 1.37 grams of suspected crack cocaine and 0.45 grams of suspected fentanyl were located on Caldwell. 1.44 gross grams of suspected methamphetamine was located on Lucas. McClain also possessed 3.3 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine.