A man fled before a Bucks County jury convicted him on drug-related offenses, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.
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Santeeno Deon Grant, 35, of Falls Township, was found guilty Wednesday by a jury seated at the Justice Center of three counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance, and four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Grant appeared for the first two days of the jury trial before Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr, but he did not appear on Wednesday when the jury returned with a guilty verdict.
Grant’s bail was revoked on Wednesday, and he is considered a fugitive as of Friday, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
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Grant was free during the trial after posting 10 percent of $50,000 bail days after his March arrest, according to court records.
The narcotics investigation that led to Grant being charged was carried out by the Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force, with assistance of the Bucks County Detectives, Bucks County South Emergency Response Team, Falls Township Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.
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During the investigation, search warrants were executed on Grant’s apartment and vehicle in January 2023, police said.
Inside his apartment, detectives located drug paraphernalia that included a digital scale, parchment paper containing a tan colored rock-like substance in the kitchen freezer, numerous new and unused clear bags, and new and unused wax bags, police said.
In the vehicle, detectives found a digital scale in the vehicle’s center console, a blue Apple iPhone on the front passenger seat, and 10 white bags containing suspected heroin/fentanyl under the front driver’s seat, police said.
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The items were analyzed and a final lab report found that the tan-colored substance in the freezer weighed 34.28 grams and tested positive for several controlled substances, including acetylfentanyl, fentanyl, and heroin. The ten white bags in the vehicle weighed 0.18 grams and tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl, authorities said.
According to court papers, Grant pleaded guilty in late 2023 to false ID to law enforcement related to a June 2023 incident in Morrisville Borough.
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