Braddock Council candidate arrested in Altoona during a drug bust
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Updated: 11:12 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
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Updated: 11:12 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
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WELL, MIKE POLICE IN ALTOONA SAY THAT 21 YEAR OLD RAYMOND PRONTY AND ANOTHER PERSON TRANSPORTED 5,000 PACKETS OF HEROIN INTO ALTOONA WE’VE CONFIRMED THAT PRUNTI IS RUNNING FOR BRADDOCK BOROUGH COUNCIL AS A DEMOCRAT. THE MAYOR OF BRADDOCK SHARED A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY SAYING IN PART QUOTE. IT’S UNFORTUNATE TO SEE ANYONE IN SUCH A SITUATION. I’M NOT CERTAIN WHY MR. PRUNEY WOULD COMMIT SUCH CRIMES AS WE MAY NOT AGREE ON MANY THINGS IN POLITICS. WE BOTH ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BRADDOCK COMMUNITY. SHE SAYS BRADDOCK BOROUGH COUNCIL CANDIDATE RAYMOND PRUNTY IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN YARD SIGNS POSTED A LONG BRADDOCK AVENUE THE ALTOONA POLICE RELEASED THIS MUGSHOT OF PRUNEY. FRIDAY THEY ARRESTED HIM AND 18 YEAR OLD SIR. JAHAD ZAIRE VALSIN ON MONDAY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REACHED OUT TO PRUNTI ON FRIDAY. POLICE. SAY VAL SCENE WAS DRIVING A RED FORD ESCAPE WHILE PRUNESY WAS IN THE BACK SEAT ACCORDING TO HIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OFFICERS FOUND 5,000 WAX PACKETS OF HEROIN WITH THE STAMPS TOMB RAIDER AND GREEN AND PURPLE RAIN IN PURPLE. THEY COMPLAINT SAYS THERE WERE 220 DOLLARS IN CASH AND A BAG OF MARIJUANA. IN THE DRIVER’S DOOR. AN OFFICER SAYS HE SEARCHED THE BACKSEAT OF HIS CAR AFTER TRANSPORTING PRUNESI TO JAIL AND FOUND A WAX PACKET OF HEROIN POLICE. SAY THE VALUE OF THE DRUGS FOUND IN THE CAR WITH VALCENE AND PRUNTI IS 100,000. FRONTI FACES FIVE CRIMINAL CHARGES INCLUDING DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN ALTOONA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN WILKINSBURG RESIDENT RIZZOU ABDULLAH AKIL AND CONNECTION WITH THEIR HEROIN TRAFFICKING OPERATION. I’M REPORTIG LIVE IN BRADD