Charges are pending in drug case
Nesquehoning police searched a borough woman's home and truck after seeing photos and videos on social networking sites depicting suspected drug activity in the presence of small children.
Charges are pending against Sharon Helmer and her boyfriend, Abel Adams of 92 Rhume St. Police Chief Sean Smith said he expects the charges to be filed by week's end.Police searched the house and truck at 3 p.m. Sunday, recovering drugs and paraphernalia, Smith said.His department was assisted by the state Office of the Attorney General, and police from Lehighton, Weatherly and Jim Thorpe.Police asked for the search warrants after receiving a tip on July 19 about Adams posting videos and photos of himself using drugs to Facebook and Instagram, Smith said. The person who called with the tip said there were five videos of Adams using drugs in the house, posted on Facebook.Smith was familiar with the house, having handled calls there.According to the search warrant request, Smith wrote that the videos and photos showed Adams "lighting and smoking what appears to be marijuana in a bong."Smith said in the search warrant request that captions under the pictures included "Smoking weed does not make me a bad person just like going to church does not make you a good person!"The pictures included images of Adams in the house, making cookies with suspected marijuana, and plastic bags of the green vegetable matter.Smith also saw pictures of two girls who appear to be between 5 and 10 years old with glass bowls of suspected marijuana in their mouths. In a video Adams posted on July 17, he's shown standing on the front porch, smoking what appears to be a joint as the door opens and a small child can be heard asking, "Mom, what is that?"Another photo, from July 20, showed Adams smoking marijuana and showing the time, 4:20 a.m., on his cellphone, according to the warrant.