REYNOLDSVILLE BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) – A Reynoldsville woman is facing a hearing next week on charges from when a probation check led to the discovery that she was allegedly trading drugs for having chores done around her house.
Court documents indicate 22-year-old Ciera Marie Caltagarone is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge David B. Inzana at 2:45 p.m. on February 25, on the following charges:
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– Use/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor
The charges stem from discoveries made during a probation check at a Reynoldsville residence.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint, around 12:48 p.m. on December 1, 2020, Reynoldsville Borough Police received a call from Jefferson County Probation requesting assistance in locating Ciera Caltagarone at a residence on Broadway Street.
Police then met with probation officers at the residence and began to search for Caltagarone. They searched the first and second floor and the basement but were unable to locate her.
According to the complaint, during the search, police found several wax stamp bags floating in a toilet.
Police then contacted a known woman by phone to ask about checking the attached garage of the residence. The woman told police there was no way to get from the basement to the garage and said the garage door was broken because some wires were broken and the door could not be opened.
Police then went back to the basement, and one of the probation officers was able to crawl through an opening that was blocked with several items. Caltagarone was then located laying on the garage floor behind a motorcycle and was taken into custody, the complaint states.
The probation officer was then able to connect a wire to the garage door opener that had been ripped off, and the garage door opened.
According to the complaint, when questioned, Caltagarone admitted to relapsing and using heroin the prior day.
The complaint notes that when a probation officer went through Caltagarone’s cell phone, she found messages from the known woman telling Caltagarone to go to the garage and rip the wires from the garage door so it would not open. The officer also found a conversation between Caltagarone and another probationer with whom they were familiar that appeared to be in reference to the probationer obtaining drugs from Caltagarone.
A further search of the phone discovered additional evidence of drug activity as well as messages indicating the known woman was helping Caltagarone hide from probation officers. Caltagarone also admitted to probation officers that the known woman was helping her hide, according to the complaint.
A search warrant was then requested and obtained for the extraction of the contents of the phone.
The extraction found a photo, multiple voicemails, and multiple other messages related to the delivery of controlled substances, according to the complaint.
On January 7, 2021, additional evidence was also obtained. The complaint states Caltagarone placed a phone call from the Jefferson County Jail on December 25, 2020, and made a statement that she had two known individuals at her residence to clean the house because they owed her money and said she provided them with illegal narcotics, getting them “high.”
Police then interviewed a known male regarding Caltagarone.
According to the complaint, the man reported that Caltagarone provided him methamphetamines and heroin on several occasions, as recently as the day prior to when Caltagarone was taken into custody.
The man told police he did chores for Caltagarone in exchange for drugs, which confirmed the statement Caltagarone made about having her house cleaned and providing drugs as payment, the complaint notes.
The man also said he provided Caltagarone a debit card to hold as collateral and said it was a Capitol One card in his name. Police then went through Caltagarone’s wallet contents and identified within it her driver’s license and a Capitol One bank card in the known man’s name, corroborating the evidence of delivery of a controlled substance, according to the complaint.
The charges were filed against Caltagarone through Magisterial District Judge David B. Inzana’s office on February 2.
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