Wheeling Police Arrest Man on Drug Charges

The Wheeling Police Department arrested a man Tuesday after discovering a large amount of illegal drugs in his possession in North Wheeling.

Around 11 a.m., police were serving an arrest warrant to an individual on River Road for a parole violation.

When officers began to search the person, they discovered various types of drugs in a bag located with them. Inside they found more than 30 grams of methamphetamine, fentanyl, marijuana and drug-using materials.

30-year-old Richard Dillion Heimbach of Wheeling is charged with possession with intent to deliver. He was taken to the Northern Regional Jail and later arraigned by a magistrate, who set a cash bond at $10,000 for the drug charge. No bond was set on the parole violation charge.

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