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ATF, City Police Raid Willow St. Home

By Staff Reports
The Tube City Almanac
November 18, 2025
Posted in: Crime and Police News

A raid by city police and federal agents on a Willow Street home resulted in the seizure of crack cocaine and a firearm.

Justin Smith, 45, is free on bond pending a preliminary hearing Dec. 1 before Magisterial District Judge Eugene F. Riazzi Jr.

According to a criminal complaint, officers with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Narcotic Enforcement Team obtained a search warrant for Smith’s home based on information developed in an ongoing investigation.

Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives along with DANET and McKeesport police searched the home on the afternoon of Nov. 12 and took Smith into custody.

Police said they recovered a digital scale, suspected crack cocaine and a 9-mm pistol, according to the complaint.

Smith is charged by McKeesport police with narcotics possession, possession with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Originally published November 18, 2025.

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