Police: Three brothers used area parking lots to peddle oxycodone
William F. Hughes
A three-month undercover investigation concluded with the arrest of three Birmingham Township brothers this week, according to the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department.
Between Aug. 13 and Nov. 8, members of the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department, Chester County Municipal Drug Task Force and West Chester Police Department conducted undercover operations in which Brian Patrick Hughes, 27, Sean William Hughes, 29, and William Francis Hughes, 23, all of the 1000 block of Bottom Lane, allegedly sold amounts of oxycodone hydrochloride tablets to a confidential informant, police said.
The alleged transactions occurred in public parking lots along Paoli Pike and West Chester Pike on six different occasions, police said.
Brian P. Hughes
Brian P. Hughes was charged with three counts of drug delivery, two counts of criminal conspiracy to deliver drugs, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of criminal use of a communication facility, police said.
Sean W.Hughes was charged with two counts of drug delivery, one count of criminal conspiracy to deliver drugs, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, police said.
William F. Hughes was charged with three counts of drug delivery, one count of criminal conspiracy to deliver drugs, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of criminal use of a communication facility, police said.
All three defendants were arraigned by Magisterial District Judge William Kraut, who set bail at $25,000 cash for Brian Hughes and $15,000 cash for Sean Hughes and William Hughes. All three were sent to Chester County Prison to await a preliminary hearing on Nov. 14, court records said.
Sean W. Hughes
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department was assisted by the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, the Chester County Municipal Drug Task Force, the West Goshen Police Department, the West Chester Police Department and the Birmingham Police Department, investigators said.
