Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Nazareth Area Drug Ring Bust

Police from four departments made arrests of 11 people charged with selling drugs including: methamphetamine, cocaine, hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana and Ecstasy, according to an article in the Morning Call (read it here).

According to the article those charged are:

Kyle Peterson, 21, of 327 S. Main St., Nazareth; $15,000 bail.

Daniel Reda, age not provided, of 705 Nazareth Pike, Lower Nazareth; $5,000 bail.

Kevin Schmalzer, 20, of 812 S. Mink Road, Moore Township; $50,000 bail.

Matthew Steinmetz, 30, of 747 Nazareth Pike, Lower Nazareth; $20,000 bail.

Cori Tibbetts, 32, of 747 Nazareth Pike, Lower Nazareth; $7,500 bail.

Jerome Avante, 19, of 520 Main St., Northampton; $25,000 bail.

Jermaine Schaadt, 21, of 505 Ashwood Drive, Bushkill Township; $15,000 bail.

Nancy Difrancesca, 28, of 256 N. Seventh St., Tatamy; $5,000 bail.

Cory Kunsman, 18, of 7404 Tall Oak Lane, Nazareth; $7,500 bail.

Peggy Colaviti, 50, of 20 S. Broad St., Nazareth; already in prison.

Police also charged Kyle E. Graff, 19, of 3761 Mangrove Drive, Lehigh, with selling mushrooms and marijuana. Graff is free on $10,000 unsecured bail.

Police said three others are being sought:

Ryan Dunwell, 20, of 710 Palmer St., Easton.

David Shields, 19, of 487 Club Road, Moore Township.

An unnamed juvenile.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

WOW!

Kudos to Nazareth PD and CRPD. Looks like they are starting to finally clean house in the area.

One has to wonder, where the searches at the schools in some way related to this? The timing is a little more than a coincidence.

For those that have been throwing stones at the new chief, here is yet another proof point that he is actually getting something done.

More important, it is actually reported on in the papers, and what we all knew to be true, is finally being admitted in public. We have a drug problem in the area.

Anonymous said...

Great job by all law enforcement involved. It is a good start to fixing the problem and then some.

Most of the criticism of the chief that I have seen doesn't focus on his technical skill. It is more about how he conducts himself in his employment relationship with the community that is paying him.

With results like this, it is essential that the administrative stuff get resolved. The bottom line is getting the job done, and this bust is a real positive example of that.

John Huber said...

Yes I agree... great JOB but
From what I hear It's not the chief pushing these things but the Corporal.

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Unknown said...

What I really find funny is that we have heard numerous complaints about all the "transplants" from NYC and NJ bringing this kind of thing to our neighborhoods.

Interesting that this and the other drug busts have involved long term residents, not those that have moved here.

A lot of the "transplants" moved here to get away from that stuff. I can only imagine their surprise to find out how much of it is going on and that they are getting the blame when in reality, it is our local natives.

BTW, I grew up in this area and have lived here almost all of my life.

RossRN said...

Sorry it took a while to post, but really, instead of calling people out here, if you have legitimate information call the police.

If you are referring to an area, please note that as well.

And this has nothing to do with who has lived in which town how long. I'm glad these individuals were charged and I hope they continue to charge people for these activities.