FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES FOLLOWING VEHICLE STOP IN MAHANOY TOWNSHIP

For the second time in less than a week, Mahanoy Township police and Mahanoy City Police departments worked together to investigate and arrest multiple individuals on drug-related charges. Last night (May 23, 2014), four people went to jail on various drug-related charges following a traffic stop in the township.
Those arrested were William Rivera of Mahanoy City, Coty Long of Aristes, Daniel Bynon III of Mahanoy City and Timothy Mckerns of Mahanoy City.
The arrests stemmed from a traffic stop conducted by Officer TJ Rentschler in the township. Total items seized during the investigation were 52 bags of heroin, 14 bags of bath salts, marijuana, several items of drug paraphernalia and thousands of dollars of possible drug money.
The Mahanoy City Police Department’s Facebook page states that all four individuals were arraigned by on-call duty Magistrate Ferrier and committed to Schuylkill County prison on $10,000 straight bail. It added that officers from both departments worked through the night conducting narcotics investigations in the township and borough. More charges are expected to be filed during the week.
Below are the names of those arrested:
– William Rivera, 1107 E Pine Street in Mahanoy City: 2 COUNTS OF POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER (HEROIN), 2 COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (HEROIN), POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
– Coty Long, 50 N Erin Road in Aristes: POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER (HEROIN), UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (HEROIN), POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
– Daniel Bynon III, 224 E Pine Street Mahanoy City: POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER (BATH SALTS), UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (BATHSALTS), POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
– Timothy Mckerns, 103 E Pine Street in Mahanoy City: POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER (BATH SALTS), UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (BATHSALTS), POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

On Monday, May 19, 2014, both police departments worked together during a drug bust that put five people behind bars. Click HERE for that TamaquaArea.com story.

Below are photos from the Mahanoy City Police Department’s Facebook page: