2 arrested in Bethlehem drug dealing probe, police say
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
A man and a woman were arrested early Thursday after Bethlehem police served a search warrant on the 600 block of Atlantic Street and recovered cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and cash, police Capt. Timothy Cooper said in a news release.
Daniel Ortiz, 24, and Shantika Briley, 36, were charged with conspiracy to possess drugs with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance (two counts) and possession of drug paraphernalia, Cooper said.
The drugs recovered were in a “distributable amount”, Cooper said.
Ortiz and Briley were arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez, who set Ortiz’s bail at $100,000 and Briley’s at $30,000, which was later awarded a 10% option, records show. Their preliminary hearings are tentatively scheduled for May 11 in Matos Gonzalez’s court in South Bethlehem.
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Bethlehem man stored suspected fentanyl in dresser drawer in 3-year-old son’s bedroom, police say
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
A 31-year-old Bethlehem man was storing suspected fentanyl in an unsealed container in a dresser drawer in his 3-year-old son’s bedroom, city police report.
Field-testing confirmed the deadly drug was found on the child’s underwear and shirt and on a protective mask, after police served a search warrant about 6 a.m. Tuesday at the suspect’s home in the 500 block of Hess Street, police said in court papers.
Alexis Ramos-Rodriguez was arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez on two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver, three counts of drug possession and one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a child, court papers say.