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Woman arrested over heroin business

A substantial drug arrest Tuesday in Nesquehoning led police to a Lehighton woman's apartment, where they found an organized heroin business, complete with tally sheets listing the names of buyers, amounts owed, drug inventories and expenses.

Lehighton police on Wednesday charged Brittaney M. Vincent, 20, of 310 Gypsy Hill Gardens, with manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, and conspiracy to manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, both felonies. She's also charged with use or possession of drug paraphernalia.Vincent was arraigned on Wednesday night before District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford and jailed on $50,000 straight cash bail, which she posted through a bondsman on Thursday.Police found 20 bags of heroin, stamped wax bags commonly used to package heroin, and paraphernalia in addition to the tally sheets in Vincent's apartment.According to an affidavit of probable cause, here's how it unfolded:Nesquehoning Police Chief Sean Smith contacted Lehighton police on Tuesday to tell them of a large drug arrest they had made that day after a traffic stop in their borough.The car involved was owned by Vincent and driven by Joshua Ynoe Mejia, 23, of Hazleton, who was charged after police found 250 bags of heroin in his possession.Smith said his officers were unable to contact her, so Patrolman Matt Arner and Detective Cpl. Scott Prebosnyak went to her home in Gypsy Hill Gardens at 9:20 a.m. and knocked on the door. There was no answer, so they went back at 4:10 p.m., and Vincent answered the door. She let them inside, and said she and her boyfriend, David Anthony Jr. rented the apartment. Anthony, she told them, was in Carbon County prison.Arner and Prebosnyak told her of the drug bust involving her car, and asked if there were drugs in her apartment.Vincent said there were not.She agreed to let them search, but became upset as they began to look around. They suggested she cooperate, and asked her where the drugs were.Vincent opened a paper bag with food in it that was next to her on the dining room table, and pulled out two bundles of heroin. Each bundle contained 10 bags stamped "KOD."Vincent then took the officers back to her bedroom, where she showed them five empty heroin bags next to her bed, and a straw and a small glass bottle with white residue suspected to be cocaine.As they searched the apartment, Prebosnyak found a smoke grabber on the floor in the living room. There were 15 empty bags of heroin inside.They also found several "owe sheets" and "debt sheets" listing who owed money for drugs sold to buyers. The sheets were in a nightstand dresser drawer and by a television in the living room.They took Vincent to the police station, where she was read her Miranda rights and agreed to speak with them.Vincent admittedgetting the drugs from an unknown person. After police compared the handwriting on the owe and debt sheets, she admitted she had written them.She said she did this for her boyfriend to "help himout."Asked how much narcotic was sold from her apartment, she said she could not say for sure. Then, she said she didn't want to talk any more, and the interview was ended.

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