Police are looking for two homeless people they say smacked a drug dealer in the head with a glass baking dish and stole his goods, along with his wallet, gold necklace and cash.

The trouble started when the victim, drug dealer James Kutchera, showed up at a Lansford house with only 10 of the 13 packets of heroin meant to be a birthday gift for the man who lives there, police say.The two people charged are Matthew Creveling, 25, and Deziray Cunningham, 27. Both were charged with two counts of robbery, criminal conspiracy, unlawful restraint, theft, simple assault, receiving stolen property, harassment and disorderly conduct.Efforts to reach police for more details were unsuccessful early Monday. But according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by officer Jason A. Helmer with District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford, here's what happened:At about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 30, Helmer and Sgt. Jack Soberick were sent to 146 W. Patterson St. on a report of a robbery and assault. The victim was being taken to St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital in neighboring Coaldale.They went to the hospital and spoke with Kutchera, who appeared dazed, and had a large open wound on the back of his head, minor injuries on his face and redness on his neck and chest.Kutchera told police he had gone to 146 W. Patterson St., where his friend Kyle Nalesnik lives, to deliver heroin. Nalesnik's girlfriend, Alexis Goldberg, had asked to buy heroin from him as a birthday gift. Kutchera went to Hazleton, bought a bundle of the drug and brought it to Goldberg.Assaultwith glass dishBut Kutchera was able to get only 10 packets of the drug, and Goldberg wanted 13. He said Creveling demanded everything he had on him, and that Creveling, Goldberg and Cunningham began circling him. Nalesnik left when the fracas started.Kutchera went to the door to escape when Cunningham hit him with the glass dish. They continued to assault him as he struggled to leave.He said Creveling and Cunningham held the door closed so he couldn't leave, and they took his belongings, including the heroin. Kutchera said he ran to a car where his girlfriend was waiting, and that she drove him to the hospital, where it took 10 staples to close his head wound.Kutchera said he was robbed of his wallet, which contained $230 in cash, the contents of his pockets, and a $700 gold necklace.Helmer, along with Officer Joshua Tom and Soberick, went to the house. They arrested Creveling, who was walking away from the house, on an outstanding fugitive warrant from New Jersey.As they approached the front door, they heard glass breaking and people arguing. A man's voice could be heard saying he was being accused of doing something he didn't do.Nalesnik answered the door and let them into the efficiency apartment. The entire apartment, about 15 feet by 15 feet, could be seen from the doorway. Broken glass and other items were on the floor, and it looked as though a fight had taken place there.Police spoke with Goldberg and Cunningham. Both denied knowing about any robbery or assault on Kutchera. Nalesnik also said he knew nothing, and allowed police to "look around."Cash and packetsNalesnik told them the broken glass and disarray was from Goldberg, who had been intoxicated and fighting with Cunningham. Police looked around, and saw a pile of loose cash sticking out from underneath a sofa on which Goldberg was seated. They also found a black leather wallet containing Kutchera's identification in the toilet tank.Police also saw two wax packets, commonly used to package heroin and stamped "Mayback," lying on the floor near where Nalesnik was sitting.They also saw drug paraphernalia, including syringes, metal spoons and sections of plastic straws with a powdery residue, razor blades and two bowl-style pipes with a burned residue that smelled of marijuana.Nalesnik denied any knowledge of the items and said they were not his. He did acknowledge that it was his apartment.Goldberg and Cunningham were arrested and taken to the police station where they and Creveling were read their Miranda rights and interviewed. Creveling opted to remain silent and would not give a written statement.Goldberg and Cunningham said they were at Nalesnik's apartment when Kutchera arrived with the heroin. Both women denied involvement with the assault and robbery, but pointed fingers at each other.Goldberg said there was an argument over the drug and said she saw Cunningham hit Kutchera on the head with a glass dish. Cunningham said Creveling asked to see the heroin, but that Kutchera said he 'didn't feel right about it."Cunningham said she heard yelling and a "loud hitting sound." She turned around and saw glass everywhere and heard Kutchera yelling, "There, have them. Take them."Kutchera ran outside, with Goldberg following, Cunningham told police.After Kutchera was released from the hospital, he went to the police station, waived his Miranda rights and gave a written statement.Goldberg, who faces the same charges as Creveling and Cunningham, has been released on $10,000 unsecured bail. Nalesnik, charged with use and possession of drug paraphernalia, also is free on $10,000 unsecured bail.Kutchera is in Carbon County prison under $50,000 bail. He faces 10 charges of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance.