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Nesquehoning police nab another dealer

Nesquehoning police on Monday nabbed a fourth person in a drug ring that operates in Carbon County.

David A. Anthony, 26, of 310 Gypsy Hill Gardens, Lehighton, faces felony charges of conspiracy to manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver; manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver; and criminal use of a communication facility; and a misdemeanor charge of intent to possess a controlled substance by a person not registered.He was arraigned before District Judge Edward Lewis of Jim Thorpe and released Tuesday on $75,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. April 15.Other members of the ring include Brittaney M. Vincent, 20, who lived at the same address as Anthony, and Joshua Ynoe Mejia, 23, and Anthony Jordan Vega, 19, both of Hazleton. All were arrested last week.Mejia is believed to be the main dealer of the group, said Police Chief Sean Smith. He said there may be more arrests to come.According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Smith, here's how Anthony's arrest unfolded:On March 24, Nesquehoning patrolman Carl Breiner stopped a car registered to Vincent at 8:30 p.m. at routes 209 and 93. Mejia was initially identified as the driver, but the driver was actually Bradesky "Brad" Santos Jr. A front-seat passenger was identified as Erik "Bobby" or "John" Feliz. Breiner found two bundles of heroin under the driver's seat, and Feliz had about 100 bags of the drug on him.Smith contacted Lehighton patrolman Matt Ahner about the car's owner, and Ahner confirmed receiving many complaints about drug dealing going on in Vincent and Anthony's apartment. Vincent was arrested after police found large quantities of heroin and sales sheets listing various buyers and the amounts they owed for drugs in her apartment.Police interviewed Vincent in Carbon County Correctional Facility on March 26. Vincent identified both Santos and Mejia from photos. Vincent admitted the drugs found in her car and apartment belonged to the men. She also admitted that she and Anthony, her boyfriend, had sold heroin from the apartment since January.She said Santos would bring Anthony five to eight bricks of heroin to sell every few days. There are 50 bags of heroin in one brick.Police interviewed Anthony the same day. He admitted to starting by selling about three bricks of heroin a week for another dealer named Curtis out of his apartment and in other places in the county. Beginning in January, he started selling about 20 bricks a week for Santos, his main supplier, along with another Hispanic male known as JR and another called Ant.Anthony told police he would contact his suppliers on his cellphone.