Altoona trio found with 250 heroin packets during traffic stop, police report

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Three Altoona residents were arrested over the weekend for allegedly having heroin -- one of which tried to dispose of cocaine in the station's bathroom, police said.

Brittany Hallett, 34, was charged along with Kendall Geist, 33, and Christopher Alley, 29, after a traffic stop Friday night, July 19, around 9:20 p.m. along 26th Street and Beale Avenue.

Kendall Geist, 33 (Blair County Prison)

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the three were in a GMC Terrain with tinted windows that prevented officers from seeing inside, leading to a traffic stop. Altoona Police noted that Geist was driving, Hallett was in the passenger seat and Alley was in the backseat. They said Alley kept nodding off and jumped back into the...