Numerous drug charges were made as the result of ongoing investigations by Pocono Mountain Regional police.

Gerard Whack, 42, of Blakeslee, is facing charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy, criminal use of a communication device, persons not to possess firearms, receiving stolen property-firearms, endangering the welfare of children, all felonies, and possessing instruments of crime, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, all misdemeanors.According to police on Feb. 28 PMRP and the Monroe County District Attorney's Office executed a search warrant at 122 Deppner's Road, Blakeslee, Whack's residence at 4 p.m. Whack was residing there with his girlfriend and four children.The search revealed numerous items indicative of the illegal trafficking of heroin and the illegal possession of a handgun by a person prohibited from possessing firearms.Officers located a loaded Ruger .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun, which was on a shelf, unlocked and accessible to the children. The firearm was identified as stolen.Officers also located numerous items of paraphernalia used to package controlled substances for redistribution on the street, U.S. currency on Whack totaling $498, and an additional $754 inside the home, all in denominations consistent with street level drug dealing, bulk packaging materials for heroin, about two full bricks of heroin, and several bundles and several loose baggies of heroin, digital scale, a coffee grinder used in pressing heroin for sale, and ammunition for a .380 caliber handgun.Evidence revealed Whack would walk from his home and meet customers at the end of his street near Route 115, and sell them heroin, police said.Whack was committed to the county prison in Snydersville in lieu of bail.Rodney Wilcox, 47, of Tobyhanna, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, criminal use of a communication device, all felonies, and possession and possession of paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.On Feb. 18 police executed a search warrant at Wilcox's residence at 2197 Pine Valley Drive, Tobyhanna. Wilcox was arrested for the illegal delivery of heroin and cocaine on several occasions in the Tobyhanna area, which occurred over the course of a year.At the time of his arrest Wilcox was found in possession of additional controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. He was on bail on prior drug delivery charge from April 2014.He was placed in the county prison in lieu of bail.Two arrestedPolice reported the arrests of Johnathan Correa, 23, of Tobyhanna, and Kathleen Wathen, 19, of Blakeslee, on drug counts, the result of an undercover operation.Correa has been charged with possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, criminal use of a communication device, both felonies, and possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.Wathen has been charged with possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, criminal use of a communication device, all felonies, and possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.Police said as part of an ongoing investigation and through undercover operations, officers observed Correa in the parking lot of the KFC restaurant in Mount Pocono making a drug delivery. Through further investigation, Correa was subsequently arrested. Police seized heroin that Correa had delivered and followed it up with an additional search of his residence, located in the Foxfire Condominiums, where he had spent the night.Officers located additional heroin packaged for sale.The investigation revealed Correa was in contact with a female, identified as Wathen, who he was supposedly getting heroin and marijuana from. Wathen was later stopped by police in the parking lot of Foxfire and found to be in possession of marijuana which was intended for delivery to Correa.A further search revealed bulk packaging materials, dime size baggies used for street level dealings and a digital scale, and drug dealing text messages, all of which were consistent with drug dealing.Correa was arraigned before a district judge and committed to the county prison in lieu of $2,500 bail. At the time of his arrest Correa was on bail on a robbery charge for an incident in Coolbaugh Township, police said.Wathen was released pending the filing of the charges.Two more chargedPolice reported the arrests of John Kernaghan, 39, of Marshalls Creek, and Michelle Rizzi, 31, of Kresgeville, on drug counts.Kernaghan has been charged with possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, criminal use of a communication device, both felonies, and possessing instruments of crime, possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia, all misdemeanors.Rizzi has charges of criminal attempt to possess a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia pending.According to police on Jan. 30 officers and members of the DA's office were investigating drug activity in the Marshall's Creek and Stroud Township areas. Kernaghan was identified as a drug dealer, police said.He was observed delivering a quantity of controlled substances in Stroud Township. The substances were later identified as narcotics including three vacuum sealed bulk packages of high grade marijuana and 10 individually packaged zip lock baggies of powder cocaine.Following this delivery Kernaghan was followed and arrested as he was meeting with another customer for cocaine sale, who was identified as Rizzi. Found were three bags of powder cocaine. More drugs were found on Kernaghan when arrested.He was also found to have a large sum of U.S. currency containing denominations consistent with drug sales, totaling $1,800.Kernaghan was arraigned and committed to the county prison while Rizzi was released pending the filing of the charges.