A Middletown Township man was charged on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, after an investigation led authorities to a search of his Durham Road home and storage units in Philadelphia where they located a stockpile of guns, drugs, and stolen vehicles.
Law enforcement officers recovered 10 handguns, including two illegally modified to be fully automatic, a bullet proof vest, ammunition, five stolen cars and crystal methamphetamine and other drugs and paraphernalia during the search that resulted in the arrest of 37-year-old Joseph “Joey” Scott.
Scott was charged with eight counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and receiving stolen property and three counts each of criminal use of a communication facility and making repairs or selling a prohibited offensive weapon, and one count of unlawful possession of body armor and possession of a small amount of marijuana.
Magisterial District Judge Daniel Baranoski arraigned Scott and remanded him to Bucks County Correctional Facility under $1 million bail.