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Former Arnold Police Chief Charged With Cocaine Sales and Stolen Rifle Possession

Controlled buys in the Kittanning area underpin the case built by the state attorney general's office.

Overview

  • Eric Doutt, 56, was arraigned in Armstrong County and remains jailed after failing to post $250,000 bail.
  • A criminal complaint says a confidential informant working with agents completed three recent cocaine buys from Doutt in the Kittanning area.
  • Prosecutors charged him with six felony counts for manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.
  • The attorney general also announced charges of receiving stolen property and possessing a stolen AR-style rifle that was supposed to be destroyed.
  • He faces cases in Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, with a preliminary hearing set for Nov. 19 and few public details about an Oct. 23 incident in Rayburn Township.