Darrin Lee arrested after Birch Way raid yields cocaine, stolen gun
New Kensington Police, with state and county partners, executed a Sept. 25, 2026 search warrant on a Birch Way residence, seizing crack and powder cocaine, a stolen firearm, Suboxone strips, a scale and other drug paraphernalia.
New Kensington Police, aided by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, county detectives, the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force and SWAT, executed a search warrant at a Birch Way residence on Sept. 25, 2026 and detained 29-year-old Darrin Lee. Officers seized a substantial amount of crack and powder cocaine (estimated street value $4,175), empty stamp bags, marijuana, 10 Suboxone strips, a scale and a firearm reported stolen to Pittsburgh police in 2023; Lee is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior convictions. Lee faces charges including manufacture/delivery or possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility and related counts, had two active warrants and was denied bail.