Big Drug Bust in Bradford County

Kathy Whyte/WNBF News [file][/caption]Pennsylvania State Police say they have rounded up 17 suspects in a narcotics trafficking sting with one still on the loose.  Authorities say they also nabbed two fugitives from justice in the operation around Bradford County.

Troopers say arrest warrants were issued as a result of undercover narcotic purchases around the county where methamphetamine, crystal meth, heroin and prescription narcotics were obtained.

Charges included possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful use of a telecommunication facility, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a controlled substance.

5 arrests were Towanda residents, 2 each from Wysox and Gillett and the rest from Meshoppen, Dushore, New Albany, Athens, Sayre, Rome and Tunkhannock. Police are still looking for 37 year old Gerald Hicks of Canton.

31 year old Dustin Miller of Waverly and 28 year old Joshua Ray Vanderpool of Rome were apprehended as fugitives from justice.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Gerald Hicks can contact the Pennsylvania State Police at (570) 265-2186.

The “Bradford County Roundup” suspects are:

43 year old Dahn Breese of Gillett

29 year old Janet Cobb of Towanda

44 year old Shawn Cranmer of Wysox

23 year old Michelle Drogan of Meshoppen

61 year old Lyle Dunn of Dushore

29 year old Stephanie Eberlin of New Albany

28 year old Charles Fedock of Athens

28 year old Melissa Ferro of Towanda

26 year old James Frantz of Sayre

46 year old Rosemary Johnson of Towanda

31 year old Kyle Lane of Wysox

22 year old Brooke Maloney of Towanda

23 year old Willaim McClintic of Monroeton

52 year old Joseph Neely of Rome

48 year old Molly Pedro of Towanda

39 year old Douglas Smith of Gillett

24 year old Bonnie Spindler of Tunkhannock