BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – Six defendants arrested in last week’s “Operation Snail Mail” drug sweep are scheduled to appear in Jefferson County court Thursday afternoon for their preliminary hearings.
The following individuals are scheduled to appear in Magisterial District Judge Greg Bazylak’s office:
• Matthew McKinley, 47, of Brookville, is set to appear at 1:00 p.m. He faces eight felony counts of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. He remains lodged in the Jefferson County Jail after failing to post $50,000.00 bail.
• Tammy Smiley, 51, Falls Creek, is scheduled to appear at 1:30 p.m. She faces two felony counts of Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver and two felony counts of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. Her bail of $51,000.00 was posted by a professional bondsman on September 27.
• Meredith Pisoni, 38, of Brockway, will appear at 1:45 p.m. She faces two felony counts of Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver and one felony count of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. She remains lodged in the Jefferson County Jail after failing to post $70,000.00 bail.
• Renea Sherwood, 20, DuBois, is set to appear at 2:00 p.m. She faces two felony counts of Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver and two felony counts of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. She remains lodged in the Jefferson County Jail after failing to post $50,000.00 bail.
• Sasha Messina, 27, of Shippenville, will appear at 2:15 p.m. She faces two felony counts of Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver and three felony counts of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. She remains lodged in the Jefferson County Jail after failing to post $50,000.00 bail.
• Mason Solida, 41, Brookville, is set to appear at 3:30 p.m. He faces three felony counts of Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver. He remains lodged in the Jefferson County Jail after failing to post $50,000.00 bail.
On September 25, State Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced criminal charges filed against 30 drug dealers 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. It was then sold throughout northcentral Pennsylvania by a network of 30 drug dealers.
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.
Attorney General Shapiro commended the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which worked closely with the Office of Attorney General, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office on this 18-month-long investigation.
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