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Christian Ochoa, 28, of Laredo, Texas, and Edith Tomasa Rodriguez Cardenas, 27, of Huntington Park, California. (Bucks County District Attorney s Office)
DOYLESTOWN, PA What started off as a routine traffic stop in Bedminster Township Friday night led to a drug investigation and the seizure of nearly $4 million worth of illicit drugs, the Bucks County District Attorney s Office said Thursday.
Bedminster Township Officer officer James Zukow pulled over a Jeep for swerving and the driver, later identified as 28-year-old Christian Ochoa, of Laredo, Texas, consented to a search, which led to the seizure of one kilogram of heroin and fentanyl and nine kilograms of cocaine with a street value of $1.2 million.
A Bucks County man was arrested after brutally attacking his roommate, authorities said.
Donald E. Highland, II told police that he was upset with previous comments his roommate had made, which incited the attack at the Regency Wood Apartments in Doylestown on Wednesday, according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department.
The victim was immediately sent to Abington Hospital for trauma treatment and surgery after officers found him with cuts to his head, neck, throat and arms, police said.
Highland was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of prohibited offensive weapons, possess instrument of crime, simple assault, and reckless endangerment, police said.