Fugitive arrested in downtown Carlisle

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By Sentinel Staff Reporter, September 16, 2006

Carlisle police and state police assisted the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force with the arrest of Doron Geiger Saturday morning in Carlisle.

U.S. Marshal Michael R. Regan says Geiger, 31, was being sought on a federal warrant out of Harrisburg charging him with violations of supervised release. He had served eight years in federal prison for a 1996 bank robbery conviction.

Regan says Geiger had been on the run since December.

Geiger also was wanted by Chambersburg Police Department for alleged illegal possession of a firearm and by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department for alleged DUI, the marshal says.

Carlisle Police Department developed leads that Geiger, who is from Chambersburg, was staying in Carlisle and allegedly was involved in drug activity, Regan says.

Carlisle Mayor Kirk Wilson says Carlisle police had been investigating complaints of drug sales out of the apartment. When Geiger was identified and a check revealed he was a wanted fugitive, the U.S. Marshals Service joined the investigation, the mayor says.

This investigation led to the execution of a search warrant Saturday in the 100 block of East High Street, where authorities found him hiding in a second-floor closet. Officers forced their way into the building shortly after 8 a.m., Carlisle Mayor Kirk Wilson says.

Police also found suspected crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, Regan says.

Wilson says they found what appears to be crack cocaine in a chunk and other pieces ready for packaging and sales. He says authorities estimate what appears to be a half ounce of cocaine would have a street value of $1,400.

The mayor says the search also turned up about $1,000 in currency, digital scales, razor blades, packaging material and a cell phone. He adds some of the currency was in a safe in the same closet in which Geiger was hiding.

He was committed to Cumberland County Prison without bail.

The mayor says the investigation into alleged drug sales from the apartment will continue.

“The success of this initiative puts a fugitive back behind bars, returns a sense of tranquility to the neighborhood and puts people on notice that this activity is not tolerated in Carlisle," he says.

The task force consists of officers from the state police, Dauphin County Sheriff's Department and Dauphin County Probation. Carlisle police and state police assisted the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force with the arrest of Doron Geiger Saturday morning in Carlisle.

U.S. Marshal Michael R. Regan says Geiger, 31, was being sought on a federal warrant out of Harrisburg charging him with violations of supervised release. He had served eight years in federal prison for a 1996 bank robbery conviction.

Regan says Geiger had been on the run since December.

Geiger also was wanted by Chambersburg Police Department for alleged illegal possession of a firearm and by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department for alleged DUI, the marshal says.

Discovered in closet

Carlisle Police Department developed leads that Geiger, who is from Chambersburg, was staying in Carlisle and allegedly was involved in drug activity, Regan says.

Carlisle Mayor Kirk Wilson says Carlisle police had been investigating complaints of drug sales out of the apartment. When Geiger was identified and a check revealed he was a wanted fugitive, the U.S. Marshals Service joined the investigation, the mayor says.

This investigation led to the execution of a search warrant Saturday in the 100 block of East High Street, where authorities found him hiding in a second-floor closet. Officers forced their way into the building shortly after 8 a.m., Carlisle Mayor Kirk Wilson says.

Police also found suspected crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, Regan says.

Wilson says they found what appears to be crack cocaine in a chunk and other pieces ready for packaging and sales. He says authorities estimate what appears to be a half ounce of cocaine would have a street value of $1,400.

The mayor says the search also turned up about $1,000 in currency, digital scales, razor blades, packaging material and a cell phone. He adds some of the currency was in a safe in the same closet in which Geiger was hiding.

He was committed to Cumberland County Prison without bail.

Probe to continue

The mayor says the investigation into alleged drug sales from the apartment will continue.

“The success of this initiative puts a fugitive back behind bars, returns a sense of tranquility to the neighborhood and puts people on notice that this activity is not tolerated in Carlisle," he says.

The task force consists of officers from the state police, Dauphin County Sheriff's Department and Dauphin County Probation.