Wexford Man Arrested in Pittsburgh Heroin Bust

After a lengthy investigation, a Wexford man was arrested Monday morning in a bust that recovered eight bricks of heroin and nearly $700 in cash, Pittsburgh police said.

Dominic Fields, 24, was charged with possession of narcotics, possession with intent and delivery of heroin, and criminal use of communications, police said. Fields was described by police as being from Wexford "and has been know to frequent the Crafton area."

Pittsburgh's narcotics/vice detectives along with its SWAT executed a search warrant on Fields and his vehicle, a 2001 White Lincoln Navigator, in the Parkway Center Mall area, according to Public Information Officer Diane Richard.

A passenger in the vehicle, 39-year-old Ira Littlejohn Jr. of Beltzhoover, was also arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy, police said.

Both were transported to the Allegheny County Jail, said police.