A Scranton man urinated in his pants Tuesday in an attempt to dissolve the heroin in his pocket before Lackawanna County detectives could get it after a drug bust in the city, authorities said.

Wesley J. Autrey, 42, 124 N. Main Ave., is charged with four drug felonies and four drug misdemeanors, plus resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, detectives wrote in a criminal complaint.

Mr. Autrey, who goes by the street name "Newphew," came under suspicion of dealing cocaine and heroin, so police began an investigation. Detectives said Mr. Autrey sold 10 bags of heroin Tuesday during a controlled purchase in West Scranton. Once the drug deal was over, they moved in to arrest him.

Mr. Autrey struggled at first until a detective used a stun gun to subdue him. They were then able to handcuff and search him. Police found $3,083 and a sandwich bag holding five bags of heroin and four bags of cocaine in his right front pants pocket, detectives said.

As a detective went to confiscate the drugs, Mr. Autrey began urinating on himself to try to get the heroin wet in the hope that it would dissolve, authorities said. A field test of the drugs came back positive for narcotics, and detectives sent the heroin and cocaine to a state police crime laboratory for further analysis.

Mr. Autrey is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 22 at 9 a.m.

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