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Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring
Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring The seventh and final member of a drug smuggling ring that ran from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania — has been convicted, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on Nov. 16.  Moniqua Ramirez, 44, has been found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam. She was convicted at the end of a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Ramirez, along with six other Puerto Ricans conspired to smuggle kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico into Central Pennsylvania using the US Post…

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by Jillian Pikora
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6,320 Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Mushrooms Seized In Massive Drug Bust 6,320 Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Mushrooms Seized In Massive Drug Bust
6,320 Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Mushrooms Seized In Massive Drug Bust A two-year-long investigation has led to the arrest of 37 people from Pennsylvania and Maryland, the York County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday.  The York County Drug Task Force and the Hanover Borough Police Department began the investigation in Nov. 2021, following the arrest of Billy Austin Norris who was allegedly caught delivering cocaine.  The investigation uncovered a large network of illegal narcotics trafficking of Pennsylvanians and Maryland in southeast York County. The following people were caught in this investigation and charged as stated, per the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fentanyl, Cocaine Found On Couple Wanted On Outstanding Warrants: Police Fentanyl, Cocaine Found On Couple Wanted On Outstanding Warrants: Police
Fentanyl, Cocaine Found On Couple Wanted On Outstanding Warrants: Police A couple wanted on warrants were arrested with drugs and guns on Friday, police say. Hanover Borough police and the York County drug task force did a warranted search of a home in the 400 block of East Middle Street in Hanover Borough, following an investigation, according to a release by Hanover Borough police. Amy Beth Wolf, 32, and Frederick Hess, 47, both of Hanover, were arrested on outstanding warrants, police say. The charges on the warrant are not immediately clear in public and court records. The items seized by the police include: both powder 2.3 and crack cocaine 2.7 ounces, fe…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Ghost Gun, Firearms, $10K, Drugs Seized In Raids Of Central PA Apartments, DA Says Ghost Gun, Firearms, $10K, Drugs Seized In Raids Of Central PA Apartments, DA Says
Ghost Gun, Firearms, $10K, Drugs Seized In Raids Of Central PA Apartments, DA Says Three York County residents were arrested following a pair of raids at their apartments in which firearms, high capacity magazines, cash, drugs and ghost guns were seized, authorities announced Friday. Those arrested include Derren Williams, who was on house arrest and wearing an ankle monitor, his girlfriend Kristen Flaherty and Victor Cruz were each arrested on several narcotics and weapons offenses, District Attorney Dave Sunday said. An investigation into Williams was launched following the discovery that he had firearms at his house on the 100 block of S. Albermarle Street, Sunday…

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by Cecilia Levine