32 Arrested in Heroin, Cocaine, Meth Trafficking

More than 30 people have been arrested and charged in the trafficking of heroin, cocaine and methamphetmaine, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia district attorneys offices; Pennsylvania State Police; Lower Providence Township Police; Plymouth Township Police; Norristown Police; and the Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities said.

The yearlong investigation in January 2014 began when a wiretap in Medellin, Colombia, alerted DEA agents to “a probable connection to heroin trafficking in Montgomery County,” the District Attorney’s Office said.

The subsequent investigation yielded a total of 32 people involved in trafficking heroin, cocaine and methamphetmaine, authorities said.

Charged with felony violations of the drug act were Angelo M. Betancourt of Philadelphia; Michael Anthony Daly of Norristown; Charles J. Termine of Norristown; Brian Beckett of Philadelphia; Mary Eileen Henning of Norristown; Anthony Taverno of Norristown; and Glenn R. Titus III of Spring City.

Charged with felony use of a communications device and misdemeanor violations of the drug act were Michael A. Casey of Norristown; Michael L. Chant of Blue Bell; Patricia Chant of Blue Bell; Louise C. DeVincent of Norristown; Stephen Edward Drum of Eagleville; Terrence J. Fitzgerald of Eagleville; Mayte Garcia of Norristown; Glenn Ivan Gratz of Plymouth Meeting; Tina M. Horrocks of Plymouth Meeting; Jeffrey Hutchinson of Conshohocken; Leonard A. Januzelli of East Norriton; Christine Marie Kirk of Plymouth Meeting; Jennifer R. Kozlowski of Bridgeport; Warren Charles Layre of Chonshohocken; Todd A. Lewullis of Collegeville; Eileen Nikki Loukidis of Blue Bell; Richard K. Moulder of Perkiomenville; Paul J. Quinn of West Conshohocken; Steven R. Ronca of Norristown; Logan Ruth of Norristown; Norman R. Russell Jr. of Hatfield; Krystal L. Schamerhorn of North Wales; Thomas Mathew Tronoski of Blue Bell; and Ronald M. Turkowski of Philadelphia.

In the course of their investigation, authorities recovered:

• 12.5 oz. of crystal methamphetamine, with a street value of $70,000;
• 20 oz. of cocaine, with a street value of $37,800;
• numerous prescription pills;
• eight firearms;
• 10 mobile phones;
• five vehicles used to transport drugs;
• $44,739 in drug proceeds; and
• drug paraphernalia, including six scales, 3,000 heroin bags and drug-cutting agents.

The cases with be prosecuted by assistant district attorneys Kelly Lloyd and Rob Kolansky.