Crime & Safety
Psychedelic Mushrooms Allegedly Found in Hotel Room
Phillipsburg man charged with having psychedelic mushrooms in Lower Nazareth Township hotel.
A Phillipsburg man now apparently living in Easton is accused of having two bags of psychedelic mushrooms in a Lower Nazareth Township motel room in April.
Melvin Lee Pettaway, 43, also is accused of giving police a false identity during the incident on April 12, around 7:30 p.m.
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After police allegedly found two bags of psilocybin mushrooms inside Pettaway’s room at the Hampton Inn on Route 248, he told them his name was Kyle Thomas, court records say.
Pettaway’s file does not contain an affidavit of probable cause, which provides details of the arrest and evidence.
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The file does say that an arrest warrant was approved April 23.
The file’s lead sheet lists Pettaway’s address as 314 B S. Main St., Phillipsburg. But another sheet in the file lists his current address at Hotel Lafayette, 11 N. 4th St., Easton.
The file also says Pettaway worked at the McDonald’s inside the Crayola Experience at Easton’s Centre Square. The McDonald’s closed last year as part of a revamping of the Crayola facility.
He was charged with possession of a controlled substance and false identification to law enforcement.
He was arraigned Thursday morning by District Judge John Capobianco of Nazareth and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $1,500 bail.