CLEARFIELD – A DuBois woman accused of selling methamphetamine pleaded guilty Monday in Clearfield County Court.
Kelly Elizabeth Zameroski, 22, an inmate of the jail, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, both of which are ungraded felonies. She was sentenced to three to 15 years in state prison by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman.
Ammerman commented that this was an example of “another life ruined by methamphetamine.” He stated that he has a daughter the same age as Zameroski and couldn’t imagine how he would feel if his daughter was in this situation.
This same drug is “poisoning people in this area,” he said adding that those affected are getting “younger and younger.”
According to court documents, an informant bought meth from Zameroski, who was arrested after a traffic stop in October. Officers found four grams of meth, $8,000 in cash, ledgers with names of customers listing their drug debts and packaging materials in her vehicle.
Zameroski told investigators she was getting meth from Robert Selfridge and Nicolette Holzer. She said of the $8,000 found in her vehicle $4,650 was to be paid to Holzer. Holzer first contacted her asking her to help sell meth because she needed money to get Selfridge out of jail.
Part of Zameroski’s profits was used to buy more meth and another to help her obtain her real estate license, she told police. She also admitted to them that she would get meth on a weekly basis and then distribute it to others who would sell it for her.
Holzer made headlines when she tried to jump out a window at the courthouse after her bail was revoked. Holzer’s drug cases are still pending. She remains incarcerated.
This meth drug ring was part of the “Operation Ice Storm” investigation that resulted in the arrest of approximately 30 people in March.
“Operation Ice Storm” targeted people with connections to drug rings that were selling methamphetamine and heroin in the area, according to previously published reports.
The arrests were the result of a year-long investigation that involved the DuBois City and Sandy Township Police Departments, the Clearfield County Drug Task Force, the District Attorney, and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
Deputy Attorney General David Gorman stated in court that he would not be pursing charges against Zameroski in a second case filed as part of “Operation Ice Storm.”
