DUBOIS – Several people arrested last week during “Operation Ice Storm” were scheduled for preliminary hearings Thursday at District Judge Patrick Ford’s office.
This investigation was centered on individuals bringing methamphetamine and heroin into the area, according to a previous press release.
According to grand jury testimony, Eric McDonald was selling and producing methamphetamine. On June 30 a confidential informant was able to purchase meth from McDonald in a grocery store parking lot. During this transaction, Shannon Lathrop was with him.
Police found two or three plastic two-liter bottles that appeared to have been used to make meth at an apartment on West Long Avenue in DuBois on Aug. 31. They also found materials used to make meth. Because of the risk of fire or explosion, the other apartments in that building were evacuated. A clandestine lab team responded to the residence.
When the occupants of this apartment, Cassidy Kaizer and Nathan Smith, were questioned, they said the materials found belonged to McDonald. McDonald had asked if he could store his equipment for making meth and make meth in the apartment. He also asked them to purchase Sudafed for him. The day after he appeared at their residence, he returned to the apartment of Corrine Shannon and Shannon Lathrop, they told police.
He had previously been staying at the Shannon and Lathrop home for about two weeks and was making meth there. Allegedly he told them he was being evicted from his apartment and needed to make money to pay his landlord.
Shannon and Lathrop told officials that McDonald attempted to make meth several times at Shannon’s residence. At one point, he sustained burns from the process. After Shannon told him to go somewhere to make the drugs, he then went to a wooded area nearby the Gibby’s Building. In exchange for the use of the apartment, McDonald allegedly gave both Shannon and Lathrop small amounts of meth for their use.
McDonald, 30, 320 West Long Ave., DuBois, an inmate of the jail, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy, operating a meth lab, possession of red phosphorus, recklessly endangering another person, and risking a catastrophe. He waived his right to a hearing. He remains in the Clearfield County Jail in lieu of $25,000, bail.
Kaizer, 33, 428 Hill St., Reynoldsville, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy. She waived her right to a hearing. Her bail is $25,000.
Lathrop, 38, 919 Maple Ave., DuBois, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy. Her bail is $25,000.
Shannon, 35, 9 N. Jared St., DuBois, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy. Her hearing was continued.
In unrelated cases, the following defendants waived their rights to a hearing:
Jackie Clyde Yohe, 35, 139 Main St., Troutville, an inmate of the jail, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy and criminal use of communication facility in two cases.
In a third case, he is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. His bail is $25,000 in each case.
Yohe allegedly was making runs to Philadelphia to get meth. According to grand jury testimony, Yohe had a black safe at a Sykesville residence where he kept meth, heroin and money. A search warrant was served on the residence and the safe was seized. Police found, 12.6 grams of meth and several empty stamp bags, which are commonly used to package heroin inside the safe. An informant was able to make a purchase of meth from Yohe on July 8. In the last case, when police apprehended Yohe, who was wanted for a parole violation, they found four bags with a crystal-like substance that tested positive for meth discarded nearby.
Cristy Marie Henderson, 31, 23 S. Third St., DuBois, is charged with criminal conspiracy, manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of communication facility. Her bail is $25,000. She is charged for her alleged involvement with a sale of heroin to a confidential informant.
John Jay Pentz, 33, 205 E. Washington Ave., DuBois, an inmate of the jail, is charged with criminal use of communication facility and manufacture or sale of a non-controlled substance with similarity to controlled substance. His bail is $25,000. He allegedly sold another substance to an informant claiming it was meth.
Cynthia K. Teats, 49, 100 Fourth Ave., Curwensville, is charged with manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, criminal use of communication facility, and possession of a controlled substance. Her bail is $5,000, unsecured. She is accused of selling meth to an informant.
Shannan M. Audette, 29, 711 W. Long Ave., DuBois, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and traffic summaries. Her bail is $5,000, unsecured. She is accused of possessing several syringes and a smoking pipe that were found in her vehicle.