HARRISBURG – Attorney General Linda Kelly and Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic announced that agents from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI), along with local law enforcement, have charged 30 suspected drug dealers following one of the largest drug raids in Huntingdon County history.
Kelly said the arrests are the result of a 12-month cooperative investigation that focused on street and mid-level drug dealers operating in Huntingdon County.Â
Over the course of the investigation agents were able to infiltrate the drug culture in Huntingdon County and make a series of controlled purchases of heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, various prescription medications and marijuana. Investigators also utilized numerous tips from Huntingdon County residents to enhance the investigation.
Narcotics agents, the District Attorney’s Office and local law enforcement agencies combined their resources and manpower to determined many of the suspects sold drugs to their customers on the streets, in parking lots, in bars and in government housing units throughout Huntingdon County.
“Drug abuse is a community-wide problem that requires community-wide solutions,” Kelly said. “These arrests are an example of how cooperative law enforcement can effectively target and arrest local drug dealers.”
Kelly said the arrests are part of an ongoing effort to target local, street-level drug dealers, who work in connection with upper-level dealers and organizations.
The defendants are scheduled to be preliminarily arraigned today before Huntingdon Magisterial District Judge Richard Wilt. The defendants will be prosecuted by Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic’s office.
Kelly thanked Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic’s office, the members of the Huntingdon County Drug Task Force, the Huntingdon Borough Police Department, the Mount Union Police Department, the Huntingdon County Sheriff’s Office, the Juniata Valley Regional Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Police for their assistance with the investigation.
Below is a list of the defendants and the charges against them.
– Donald Muckle, 39, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of OxyContin and possession of OxyContin.
– Kenny Muckle Jr., 22, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, is charged with 13 counts of possession of marijuana/ecstasy/cocaine/crack cocaine, 11 counts of possession of marijuana/ecstasy/cocaine/crack cocaine and seven counts of criminal use of a communication facility.
– Robert Shore Jr., 28, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana, possession of marijuana and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Aaron Shore, 22, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana, possession of marijuana and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Chad Grubb, 23, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of Vicodin, possession of Vicodin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Charlotte McConaughey, 19, Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of Vicodin and possession of Vicodin.
– Kyle Renninger, 25, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Vova Boyd, 19, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana and possession of marijuana.
– Brandon Franke, 18, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count of theft.
– Chris Bennett, 20,Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana, possession of marijuana and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Wayne Bennett, 30,Tyrone, Blair County, is charged with two counts each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Michael Shoemaker, 22, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana, possession of marijuana and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Lindsey Couch, 27, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, is charged with two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, one count of delivery of heroin, one count of possession of heroin and one count of criminal conspiracy.
– Terry Bookwalter Jr., 20, 731 E. Main St., Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of Vicodin, possession of Vicodin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Timothy Scott, 46, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of Vicodin, possession of Vicodin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Ashley Welsh, 24, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Michael Weld, 23, Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of conspiracy to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal use of a communications facility.
– Jacob Cromwell, 28, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Wade Wright, 30, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with three counts each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Steven Hanes, 23, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, is charged with two counts each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Christopher Tilmon, 19, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Derrick Bilger, 20, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of counterfeit and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Cody Carson, 20, Mill Creek, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of marijuana, possession of marijuana and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Tiffany Price, 20, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, is charged with two counts of delivery, two counts of criminal use of a communication facility and one count of possession.
– James Brotemarkle, 34, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of OxyContin, possession of OxyContin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Tammy Prough, 43, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of possession with the intent to deliver marijuana and possession of marijuana.
– Sasha Kambic, 23,Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
– John Zinoble, 45, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
– Byron Kling, 22, Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, is charged with one count each of delivery of OxyContin, possession of OxyContin and criminal use of a communication facility.
– Timothy Baugman, 39,Three Springs, Huntingdon County, is charged with two counts each of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal use of a communication facility.
