Nearly 20 arrest warrants issued in Luzerne County drug sweep

Madonna Mantione
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KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators served nearly 20 arrest warrants throughout Luzerne County Thursday morning.

On Thursday the Kingston Police Special Investigation Unit and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force served nearly 20 arrest warrants across Luzerne County.

Chief Richard Kotchik of the Kingston Police Department stated the arrests are the result of a year-long investigation into drugs being sold throughout the Wyoming Valley.

Police stated the following 10 out of the 18 suspects are accused of drug activity;

  • Emma Morrison, 19, of Forty Fort, bail set at $100K

  • John Michael Crossin, 33, of Swoyersville, released on unsecured bail

  • James Davis, 41, of Kingston, bail set at $100K

  • Michael Donovan Ellis, 35, of Swoyersville, released on unsecured bail

  • Daniel Paul Bokrosh, 34, of Kingston, bail set at $50,000

  • Bryant Borowski, 31, of Mountain Top, bail set at $100K

  • Roody Beauvoir, 36, of Wilkes-Barre, bail set at $200K

  • Jocelyn Williams, 34, of Plains Twp., bail set at $150K

  • Derrick Steven Kaleb Bailey Jr., 27, of Avoca, bail set at $100K

  • Ramon Vasquez, 47, of Hazleton, bail set at $100K

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Chief Kotchik noted two suspects, Dakota James Whitmire, 32, of Wyoming, and Luis Angel Junior Martinez, 36, of Exeter, were arrested Thursday on illegal weapons charges. Their bail was set at $100,000.

Six out of the 19 suspects, warrants have been issued but investigators have yet to arrest them.

“If you’re gonna sell drugs, they’re gonna get you. One way or another, sooner or later, we’re coming for you,” said Chief Kotchik.

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From Hazleton to Pittston, the suspects were picked up all across the county.

“It was undercover controlled buys of fentanyl, crack cocaine, meth, methamphetamine, powder cocaine, the hard stuff,” stated Kotchik.

The investigation was a combined effort involving the Kingston Police Narcotics Division, Luzerne County Drug Task Force, Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office, ATF, U.S. Marshals, Pittston City Police, and Wilkes-Barre City Police.

“We always look for information, we’re always looking for residents to come forward, however minor that information may be, we’ll take it,” explained Officer Donnell Allen of the Kingston Police Department.

“If we rush those investigations, or we don’t have enough evidence, then some of those cases could get tossed out, and that’s the last thing we want to do, we want to make sure once we have you, we have you,” said Officer Allen.

28/22 News was the only television crew on the scene as the suspects were brought to the Kingston Police Department for processing before their arraignments.

Below you can watch a video of the suspects entering and exiting the Kingston Police Station.

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