A police chief in western Pennsylvania has been arrested for facilitating cross-country cocaine and methamphetamine deals.
Greensburg Police Chief Shawn Denning, 41, was charged with multiple drug offenses for helping orchestrate drug buys between a federal informant in Pennsylvania and dealers in California and Arizona, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Mr. Denning faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the charges.
Greensburg is located over 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.
From June 2021 and October 2022, Mr. Denning coordinated five separate purchases for the informant — two involving cocaine, and the others for Adderall — that were shipped through the U.