NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. — Two weeks after a drug raid on Fifth Avenue Taphouse in New Brighton, police have charged the owner of the restaurant with drug crimes.
Police arrested Raed “Ron” Jaber Friday morning and charged him with dealing drugs out of his restaurant.
The arrest comes after the Attorney General’s Office, State Police, Beaver County Drug Task Force, New Brighton Police and the DEA raided the restaurant.
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“Those charges were filed, and then he was picked up this morning on his way to work,” said Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible.
Photos provided to Channel 11 show a traffic stop near the YMCA on Route 65 where Jaber was taken into custody.
When Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek stopped by the restaurant Friday, an employee shouted obscenities and claimed police found nothing.
Police, however, said they found 12 individual bags of cocaine, suspected vials of illegal steroids, a scale, and $10,000 in cash in Jaber’s office at the restaurant.
Police said they also found nearly a quarter of a pound of cocaine and more illegal steroids in a house next door that Raber also owns.
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