NORTH HUNTINGDON – Thirty-seven street-level drug dealers, who operated in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties, were charged following an early morning drug sweep by agents from the Attorney General’s Office and the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force.
Attorney General Tom Corbett said that the arrests are the result of numerous investigations into street-level drug dealing in and around Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties.
“Today’s arrests are part of an ongoing effort to target local, street-level drug dealers and drug suppliers, who are bringing heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the streets of Western Pennsylvania,” Corbett said. “Street-level sweeps, such as this case, take local dealers and users off the street and eventually lead to arrests of upper-level suppliers and complex drug organizations.”
Over the course of the investigation, undercover officers made a series of 88 controlled purchases for various types and amounts of drugs, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and the pre scri ption drugs Vicodin, methadone and Oxycontin.
Corbett noted that this is the first time in the history of the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force that warrants are being served simultaneously throughout all four corners of the county.
Corbett said that the investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are anticipated.
Corbett thanked the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance with the investigation.
Below is a full list of the defendants and the charges against them:
-Omar King, 34, Jeannette, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Richard Gregory, 25, Jeannette is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Frank Kozinko, 23, Jeannette is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Chad Mezeivtch, 22, Jeannette, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-James Guy, 51, Arnold, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Kevin Price, 38, Vandergrift, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and two counts of possession of cocaine.
-William Rose, 59, Pittsburgh, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of Oxycontin and two counts of possession of Oxycontin.
-Gary Schumaker, 55, Vandergrift, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of Methadone and two counts of possession of Methadone.
-David Cochran, 28, Arnold, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-James Wilkerson, 45, Vandergrift, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Mathew Johnson, 19, McKeesport, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine. -Jamarcus Wade, 23, 1200 Victoria Ave., New Kensington, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Amy Cravener, 36, Kittanining, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Vernon Majors, 31, Monessen, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Joshua Gazdik, 30, Monessen, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of heroin and one count of possession of heroin.
-Lori Bungard, 38, Scottdale, is charged with one count of possession of Oxycontin.
-Michelle Burton, 40, Natrona, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of Vicodin and two counts of possession of Vicodin.
-Jeffrey Galdo, 40, Jeannette, is charged with three counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and three counts of possession of cocaine.
-Anthony Desport, 19, Bradenville, is charged with three counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of marijuana and three counts of possession of marijuana.
-Michael Smith, 20, Ligonier, is charged with three counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of marijuana and cocaine and three counts of possession of marijuana and cocaine.
-Nicholas Levrio, 25, Latrobe, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Michael Baird, 39, Greensburg, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of Oxycontin and one count of possession of Oxycontin.
-Nicole Gogolsky, 28, Jeannette, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Michael Hayden, 22, Jeannette, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Brenda Stein, 23, Pricedale, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of Oxycontin and two counts of possession of Oxycontin. -Brenda Fitzwater, 25, Belle Vernon, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of marijuana and one count of possession of marijuana.
-Raymond Russell, 37, New Kensington, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Michael Booker, 39, Arnold, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Philip Owen, 35, New Kensington, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
-Ciara Laidley, 26, Monessen, is charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and two counts of possession of cocaine.
-Nicole Detman, 27, Arnold, is charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver/delivery of cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
Additionally, six juveniles will be charged with various drug related offenses.