One of three people arrested with loaded weapons, knives and ballistic vests just outside New York City’s Holland Tunnel on Tuesday was from Lehighton.

Kimberly Arendt, 29, along with John Cramsey, 50, and Dean Smith, 53, both of Zionsville, were heading to rescue a teen girl being held by a drug dealer in Brooklyn, according to police.The trio faces multiple weapons charges after their vehicle, a van from Cramsey’s “Higher Ground Tactical” gun shop was stopped in Jersey City at 7:40 a.m. for a cracked windshield.One of three people arrested with loaded weapons, knives and ballistic vests just outside New York City’s Holland Tunnel on Tuesday was from Lehighton.Kimberly Arendt, 29, along with John Cramsey, 50, and Dean Smith, 53, both of Zionsville, were heading to rescue a teen girl being held by a drug dealer in Brooklyn, according to police.The trio faces multiple weapons charges after their vehicle, a van from Cramsey’s “Higher Ground Tactical” gun shop was stopped in Jersey City at 7:40 a.m. for a cracked windshield.A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officer saw a weapon on a seat, and a subsequent search uncovered two rifles, five handguns and knives, according to The Associated Press. Some of the weapons were loaded.The three were due in Hudson County Court in New Jersey on Wednesday.Cramsey posted on Smith’s Facebook page early Tuesday morning that he was driving to New York to “do an extraction” of a 16-year-old Wilkes-Barre girl from a hotel room in Brooklyn after an issue involving drugs.Smith replied, “I’m there.”Arendt, meanwhile, who has the Facebook profile Kimberly Ann Walker, posted to Cramsey’s page, “saving a life with a true hero. Why? Because Enough is Enough.”The Associated Press reported that Cramsey’s 20-year-old daughter died from a heroin overdose four months ago and he has since attended town hall meetings around the Allentown area to voice his concerns over the drug epidemic.The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said Alexandria “Lexii” Aurelia Cramsey died of an overdose of heroin and fentanyl. Her boyfriend, Marquillis Calhoun, 22, also died of a drug overdose.John Cramsey is an administrator of the “Enough is Enough” Facebook group of over 1,000 people who have “felt the pain of losing a loved one, have survived addiction or are supporting someone who has.”Arendt, a recovering addict, got involved with the group because of her own battles with drugs.Arendt has one active criminal case in Carbon County Court. She is scheduled for a July 15 bench trial on charges of driving under the influence-general impairment, driving under the influence and careless driving.Franklin Township Police stopped Arendt on Dec. 5 when she was weaving on Interchange Road. She failed field sobriety tests and then was taken for a blood test that showed a 0.12 level.Arendt’s mother Michele Plocinik told Good Morning America, “They weren’t going out to harm anybody. They were going out to save.”Police said Wednesday they did locate the 16-year-old girl the group intended to rescue, but she told officers she didn’t need saving.According to Plocinik, her daughter met the girl at Camp Adams, a Penn Forest Township camp for troubled youth where Arendt previously worked.Plocinik told The Washington Post the girl had texted Arendt early Tuesday morning.“She got a message from somebody she thought was on drugs and needed help,” she told the newspaper.From there, Arendt contacted Cramsey and along with Smith, they headed for Brooklyn.Multiple media outlets obtained a Port Authority photo that showed a large amount of ammunition, a military-grade helmet and night-vision goggles, bag with the words “Firearms Instructor” and box with the phrase “Shoot Your Local Heroin Dealer.”All items were recovered from the vehicle by officers, who said while the guns recovered were legally purchased in Pennsylvania, it is illegal to possess them in New Jersey.Several locals stood up for the three accused on Tuesday.Jessie Desch-Young of Lehighton posted to the Enough is Enough Facebook page, “Lehighton stands up for John Cramsey ... prayers to all, and hope all turns out well. One man trying to save one life at a time and he gets this in return. He stood up for many, think it’s our turn to return it to him.”“I don’t blame them,” Carla Bowman of Lehighton posted on the Times News Facebook page. “At least someone is putting forth an effort to help these kids.”The Enough is Enough Facebook group set up a bank account for bail money and posted Wednesday morning that “one of New York’s top defense attorneys is in place.”