MOUNT WASHINGTON (KDKA) – Police arrested two men as part of a large heroin bust on Mount Washington Sunday night. According to the Attorney General’s Office, the pair were arrested at a home on William Street.
“We keep an eye out and there was nothing giving you any indication this was going on,” one neighbor told KDKA.
The suspects have been identified as 33-year-old Price Montgomery and 35-year-old James Perrin.
Law enforcement and the DEA seized 1,500 bricks of heroin (75,000 stamped bags), 16 firearms, more than $100,000 in cash and jewelry, two luxury vehicles, Cuban cigars and a live chicken.
Mt. Washington residents were surprised to learn that the townhouse is the suspected distribution point of a major heroin operation.
“I was surprised to see that,” said one resident. “We don’t see that here.”
Allegheny County property records show that former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend owns the house, but there is no indication that he is involved.
“Deshea was a good guy, quiet guy, I knew him pretty well. These guys here, I didn’t know anything about them,” said a neighbor.
Townsend is currently the cornerbacks coach at Mississippi State University. The school released a statement following the arrests, making it clear that Townsend is not implicated in the case:
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