Search Yields Additional Drug Charges for State College Man

A State College man who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly selling cocaine to a confidential informant is facing new drug charges.

Abdullah Haywood, 31, had been charged on Jan. 11 with four felony counts of possession with intent to deliver and other charges after police alleged he sold cocaine to the informant twice last fall. 

According to a criminal complaint filed on Friday, when police arrested Haywood at a Waupelani Drive residence, he told them unprompted that he knew why they were there and that he wanted to show them where he had marijuana in the house. He allegedly took police to a laundry room and pointed out a black plastic bag he said contained marijuana.

The following day, police executed a search warrant for the residence. The black bag allegedly contained more than 9 ounces of marijuana and another bag in the laundry room reportedly had 2 ounces of marijuana. Another ounce allegedly was found in bags in other areas of the residence.

Police say they also recovered three pills identified as Klonopin, drug paraphernalia, two handguns and two rifles. No firearm charges were filed.

Haywood was charged with one felony count of possession with intent to deliver, two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was arraigned before District Judge Carmine Prestia with bail set at $25,000. Haywood has been held at the Centre County Correctional Facility since his initial arraignment on Jan. 12, when bail was set at $75,000.

A preliminary hearing on the new charges is scheduled for Feb. 8. He waived his preliminary hearing on the initial charges on Jan. 18.