Gladwyne Resident Alan Kirsch, Jr., Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges

Gladwyne resident Alan Kirsch, Jr., who is , entered a plea of not guilty at his formal arraignment Wednesday morning at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Strubel said. 

Kirsch, 53, is one of 27 people charged in connection with a drug ring allegedly run out of a Tredyffrin barbershop. He faces felony charges of corrupt organization, possession of cocaine, criminal conspiracy, criminal use of telecommunications facilities and dealing in the proceeds of criminal activities.

In the criminal indictment, officials allege Anthony Dennis, along with his brother Michael Dennis, distributed large quantities of cocaine to drug dealers throughout the Main Line, including Philadelphia, Montgomery and Chester counties.

Prosecutors say the Dennis Drug Trafficking Organization operating in part from  Heads Up, supplied cocaine to James "Twin" Adams in Norristown. Following court approval of wiretaps on the Dennis brothers and Adams, officials monitored their phones from April 13 to May 18. 

All 27 suspects in the case, including Kirsch, early last month.

Strubel, who is prosecuting the case, told Patch last month that prosecutors plan to try the cases together for "judicial economy."

Paoli-based attorney Vincent P. DiFabio is representing Kirsch, court records show. The next step for Kirsch will be a pretrial conference before Judge William R. Carpenter, probably within the next six weeks, Strubel wrote in an email to Patch on Wednesday afternoon.

At the pretrial conference, Strubel and Kirsch’s attorneys will discuss the possibility of a “non-trial disposition for the case,” Strubel wrote. Otherwise, the case will be scheduled for trial.