State police made a massive drug, bagging two suspects who were smuggling a whopping 100 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle, officials said.
The suspects, J. Jesus Ramirez-Duran, 35, of Reading and Fernando Mora-Adame, 29, of Reading, were stopped on Route 222 in Muhlenberg Township on Jan. 26, state police at Reading said.
State Police were conducting a drug investigation involving the shipment of marijuana from Mexico to the Reading area, officials said.
Muhlenberg police, Allentown police, Lehigh County Drug Task Force, and the Berks County Drug Task Force.
Police: Driver dozes; vehicle hits pump house
A vehicle barreled into a pump house after the driver fell asleep on Jan. 25, state police at Hamburg said.
A vehicle driven by Christopher Marshall, 21, of Kutztown, hit the pump house to the Highland Estates Trailer Park on Old Route 22 in Greenwich Township, state police said.
Marshall, who dozed off behind the wheel, was not injured, state police said.
Police: Suspect charged in victim’s death
A 27-year-old Gap man delivered drugs to a man who eventually died, state police at Lancaster said.
Alan Pedrick, who was charged with drug delivery on Jan. 21, was arrested at his residence, arraigned and sent to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail on Jan. 25, state police said.
Steven Gilmore died on Old Strasburg Road in Salisbury Township on Sept. 19, state police said.
An autopsy conducted by the Chester County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death was the result of adverse effects of drugs, police said.
Vehicle spins out across lawns
A vehicle slammed into several mailboxes and went on lawns during a wild accident in Windsor Township on Jan. 24.
A vehicle driven by Anthony Kaufman, 20, of Kutztown, lost control on a wet roadway, hit several mailboxes and spun out — going across several lawns — before uprooting mailboxes and damaging sewage pipes on Old Route 22, state police at Hamburg said.
The sewage pipes were owned by four property owners.
Kaufman refused treatment at the scene, state police said.
Slugs smash vehicle’s window
Bozos busted the front passenger window of a red Ford Bronco on South Church Street in Bally between Jan. 19 and 20, state police at Reading said.
The victim is Robert Hissim, 59, of Bally, state police said.
Artificial Christmas tree leads to accident
An artificial Christmas tree went out of a pick-up in Tilden Township on Jan. 21 and caused an accident, state police at Hamburg said.
Vehicles driven by Gregory Dayhoff, 54, of Finksburg, Md., and Ravi Buddhew, 24, of West New York, N.J., were in an accident on I-78, after the artificial Christmas tree became airborne from a pick-up driven by a third person and was struck by Buddhew’s vehicle, state police said.
State police said the artificial Christmas tree was not secured.
Buddhew suffered a minor injury, and he was transported via Hamburg EMS to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
The right lane was closed for about 15 minutes.
PennDOT assisted with traffic control.
Fools take TV, computer, furnace
Creep robbers targeted a business and grabbed several items — including a mobile home furnace.
The thugs also grabbed a television, laptop computer and keyboard from Clayton Homes on North Kinzer Road in Paradise Township between Jan. 21 and 22, state police at Lancaster said.
Man accused of hit-and-run that killed horse
A man is accused of being involved in a hit-and-run accident in which a horse was killed and two teenagers were injured, state police at Lancaster said.
Brad Jordan, 33, of Gap, fled the scene after his vehicle hit a horse-and-buggy driven by Amos Stoltzfus, on Mount Vernon Road in Salisbury Township on Jan. 18, state police said.
Jordan was identified thanks to a anonymous tip, state police said.
Stoltzfus had a minor injury, and his passenger, Christian Stoltzfus, 16, of Gap, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for a moderate injury, state police said.
DUI suspect’s vehicle went airborne
A DUI suspect hit an embankment and went airborne during an accident in East Drumore Township, state police said.
The vehicle driven by Peter Martin, 22, of Lancaster, hit the ground vertically, spun around before winding up in a field on Robert Fulton Highway, state police said.
Martin was under the influence of alcohol, state police said.
