Tip leads to arrest on drug, weapon charges

By Paul Peirce

Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies finally caught up with a Smithton woman wanted on marijuana-related charges. She now is charged with new crimes after allegedly being found with a bevy of other drugs in her possession.

Deputies stopped Terri L. Downs-Hayes, 43, in West Newton late Friday as she drove a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu on the 200 block of South Third Street, acting on a tip from an informant, according to Sheriff Jonathan Held. She was wanted on prior drug-related charges after she was discovered with marijuana in her possession Oct. 4, according to online dockets.

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