The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is charging 35-year-old Edgardo Rivera with felony drug possession with intent to deliver, among other crimes – including 11 counts of misdemeanor weapons offenses.
Representatives from the office’s Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit announced the charges at the new ‘Peace Park’ in Kensington on Monday.
The Philadelphia Police Department arrested Rivera this spring after observing him selling narcotics on the 800 block of West Venango Street in North Philadelphia. Investigators searched the property and found $19,000 worth of narcotics, $10,000 in cash and nine firearms. Three of the guns had been modified to be fully automatic…