Eleven ‘Snail Mail’ Drug Defendants Waive Hearings

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – Several defendants in the “Operation Snail Mail” drug case appeared in district court Thursday in Brookville.

According to court documents, the following 11 defendants facing various drug charges as part of an extensive crystal methamphetamine distribution ring waived their preliminary hearings in District Judge Greg Bazylak’s office:

– Angela Gilbert, 20, of DuBois

– Patrick Groves, 36, of Reynoldsville

– Christina Kinder, 43, of DuBois

– Matthew McKinley, 47, of Brookville

– Sasha Messina, 27, of Shippenville

– Marc Panzer, 35, of Brookville

– Brian Pentz, 31, of DuBois

– Meredith Pisoni, 38, of Brockway

– Renea Sherwood, 20, DuBois

– Mason Solida, 41, Brookville

– Kari Stoneberg, 40, DuBois

The group is part of 30 alleged drug dealers who were recently arrested in connection with the shipment and sale of $1.6 million in crystal methamphetamine in Jefferson, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, and Forest counties over the last 18 months. The crystal meth was shipped to Jefferson County and the surrounding area through the U.S. mail from drug dealers in Arizona and California.

The 35 pounds of crystal meth that they sold – broken up into ¼ and ½ gram doses – produced between 32,000 and 64,000 doses of the drug that were sold in the five counties.

Investigators used a series of controlled purchases, court-approved electronic surveillance, package interceptions, and other tactics to identify the drug dealers involved.