Police say New Kensington man endangered kids by storing crack he sold inside Halloween bag in his house
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A New Kensington man was accused by police of placing young children in danger by storing cocaine he was allegedly selling in a Halloween bag that was found inside his house.
Dominic Trevon Green, 32, of the 1100 block of Ross Avenue was charged with two counts of possession of drugs with the intent to deliver and a count of endangering the welfare of children, all felonies. He also was charged with resisting arrest, criminal mischief and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Green was being detained in the Westmoreland County jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond, according to court records. He faces a preliminary hearing Thursday before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr.
Police wrote in a criminal complaint that while officers were responding to a 911 call for a domestic disturbance at Green’s house Nov. 23, they spotted him walking near the intersection of Stevenson Boulevard and Seventh Street.
The woman who called police said she had a protection-from-abuse order against Green, but he was “destroying the house,” the complaint said.
When Green saw police approaching, he dropped a small red backpack and raised his hands, the complaint said.
When officers handcuffed Green, he began to resist, forcing them to carry him to a patrol car, where he began head-butting the hood of the vehicle, the complaint said.
Police said the estimate to repair the dents and paint chips he caused is $1,691.
As officers tried to stop Green from hitting the vehicle with his head, he pressed his neck against one of their arms and told them he was going to choke himself, the complaint said.
When the officer adjusted his grip to get his arm away from Green’s throat, Green tried to use his shirt to asphyxiate himself, according to the complaint.
Green was not able to restrict his airflow during the incident, police said.
The complaint stated that after officers got Green under control, he asked them to beat him and egged them on by calling them “Chauvin” — a reference to the Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of killing George Floyd in 2020 by kneeling on his neck during an arrest.
Police checked the backpack Green had dropped and found a baggie with 41.07 grams of marijuana inside along with a digital scale and $140, the complaint said.
At his request, Green was taken to Allegheny Valley Hospital, police said.
When officers went to Green’s home, they were met at the door by several children, the complaint said.
Police said there were six kids in the house and no adults, so they conducted a welfare check. The oldest child told police three other children walked away before officers arrived, the complaint said.
The house was dirty and cluttered, and two of the children, who were described in court papers as “very young,” were naked.
Police said one child was found in the basement, where they also discovered a small amount of marijuana on a table and in a drawer, along with a digital scale and a homemade pipe with residue.
After getting a search warrant, police found a purple Halloween drawstring bag underneath a basket storage unit in the master bedroom, which is in the basement, the complaint said.
Inside the bag was a digital scale, two baggies with a total of 43.01 grams of crack cocaine and a bag with 5 grams of powdered cocaine, police said.
Police also confiscated another digital scale along with drug paraphernalia from a basket in the room, the complaint said.
The marijuana and cocaine, along with the residue on the scales, were field-tested and came back as positive, the complaint said.