BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — Two defendants in the “Snail Mail” methamphetamine trafficking case are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning for their respective preliminary hearings.
According to court documents, 33-year-old Mikelle Edwin Shetley, of DuBois, and 50-year-old George Edward Watson, of Luthersburg, will appear in District Judge Greg Bazylak’s office for a preliminary hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9.
They are among 30 suspected drug dealers who allegedly brought $1.6 million worth of methamphetamine into the region over an 18-month period.
Shetley faces the following felony charges:
– Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony (two counts)
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
Watson faces the following felony charges:
– Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony (two counts)
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony (eight counts)
Both defendants remain lodged in the Jefferson County Jail; Shetley on $50,000.00 bail, and Watson on $100,000.00 bail.
Details of the case:
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against 30 suspected drug dealers following a multi-agency effort dubbed “Operation Snail Mail.”
The charges stem from the shipment and sale of $1.6 million in crystal methamphetamine in Jefferson, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, and Forest Counties over an 18-month period.
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 North Central 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 northcentral counties.
Investigators used a series of controlled purchases, court-approved electronic surveillance, package interceptions, and other tactics to identify the drug dealers involved.
The cases are being prosecuted in Jefferson County by Senior Deputy Attorney General Marnie Sheehan-Balchon and District Attorney Jeff Burkett, appointed a Special Deputy Attorney General in this investigation.
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