Mumbling Ambridge suspect had mouthful of crack, police say
AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- An Ambridge man has been jailed on drug charges because police said something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.
Frank Lee Turner, 56, was mumbling when Ambridge police stopped a car in which he was a passenger on Feb. 5, according to the Beaver County Times.
Police said Turner was mumbling before he struggled with police and was hit with the stun gun -- only to have 23 individually wrapped pieces of crack cocaine fall out of his mouth.
Turner, who faces a preliminary hearing on drug possession, resisting arrest and other charges. He's being held in the Beaver County Jail.
