Police Charge Couple with Drug Dealing, Child Endangerment

On May 11, Bensalem Special Investigations Unit arrested Brittany Alverest, 23, and Aljour Hoyle, 30, for possession and distribution of narcotics, fraudulent documents, child endangerment and other related charges.

At approximately 4 p.m., officers executed a search warrant at hotel along Lincoln Highway in Bensalem on suspicion of drug dealing. Inside the room was Alverest, Hoyle and their 4-year-old daughter.

Investigation found that Alverest and Hoyle were ordering fraudulent doctor prescription pads from the internet. They would then illegally fill them out and have other people have the prescriptions filled at local pharmacies in the Philadelphia and Bucks County areas. In addition the suspects were also selling marijuana. All while in the presence of their daughter.

When the officers made entry into the room, scattered throughout the room were narcotics, which were easily accessible to the child. In addition they observed a baby bottle that had residue of what appeared to be prometh/codeine (cough medicine) located a short distance and accessible to the child.

Recovered from the room were hundreds of blank and filled out prescription pads to various doctors, numerous prescription bottles containing prometh/codeine, Drug Enforcement Agency prescription numbers used to fill narcotic prescriptions, various drug paraphernalia including a digital scale, pill bottles and marijuana, U.S. currency, lap top computers, baggies containing marijuana and loose pills believed to me oxycodone.

As of now, four doctors from Elkins Park, Philadelphia and New Jersey were the targeted victims and all have been notified.

Federal Agencies have been contacted. Both suspects were arraigned by Judge Barnowski and sent to Bucks County Prison on bail —Hoyle at $150,000 and Aleverest at $30,000.