A Lancaster man will face numerous charges in County Court for having bundles of heroin, prescriptions meds, a switch blade-style knife, and a stolen pistol while driving under the influence this year.

Jonathan Vargas, 30, is prohibited from having firearms due to prior felony weapons and drug-dealing charges.

Police found Vargas under the influence on May 24 on East Mifflin Street in Lancaster city, according to testimony at a recent preliminary hearing.

At the end of the hearing, District Judge Jodie Richardson held all charges – including four felonies - for disposition in Lancaster County Court.

Police were called to the area for a reported medical issue, with Vargas being passed out in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle.

Assistant District Attorney Kyle Linardo presented testimony from Lancaster city police Officer Benjamin Rothermel about what officers found in the vehicle and on Vargas.

Those items included:

- A Glock pistol reported stolen in Lancaster city

- Five bundles of heroin

- Four Oxycodone pills

- A spring-powered knife

- Buphenorphrine and Naloxone strips

- Various drug paraphernalia

- $752 cash

Vargas is charged with four felonies, seven misdemeanors and a summary offense.

Vargas is presumed innocent.

MEDIA CONTACT: Brett A. Hambright, 717-295-2041; bhambright@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @BrettHambright