STROUDSBURG - Officers from the Stroud Area Regional Police Department, Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 717 Main Street, second floor apartment, in Stroudsburg. Present in the home at the time of the warrants execution were Aracelis Gonzalez, Gary Jacques, Shabazz Nickens, and Robert Medina. Officers secured all individuals in the home and conducted a search. Evidence of marijuana and crack cocaine distribution was found in the residence and all four were arrested.

A search of the residence revealed bulk quantities of marijuana, prepackaged quantities of marijuana consistent with dime bags on the street, hundreds of empty Apple Baggies in various sizes used to package narcotics for street level sales, consistent with both cocaine and marijuana packaging, over $1500.00 in US Currency found in denominations consistent with street level sales of narcotics, a burner with crack cocaine residue(consistent with the manufacture of crack cocaine from powder cocaine form) and a digital scale with apparent marijuana and cocaine residue. Also found was loose marijuana lying on a table between Nickens and Medina. All evidence collected was consistent with the illegal trafficking of narcotics and was found in common spaces accessible to all occupants of the apartment.

Gonzalez was arrested for Possession with intent to deliver or manufacture crack cocaine and marijuana, criminal conspiracy to commit the delivery of controlled substances, possession of instruments of crime, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was arraigned by Magistrate Anzini and committed to Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000.00 bail. She is currently out on bail for a SARPD PWID arrest from December.

Nickens was arrested for Possession with intent to deliver or manufacture crack cocaine and marijuana, criminal conspiracy to commit the delivery of controlled substances, possession of instruments of crime, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned by Magistrate Anzini and committed to Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000.00 bail.

Jacques was arrested for Possession with intent to deliver or manufacture marijuana, criminal conspiracy to commit the delivery of controlled substances, possession of instruments of crime, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned by Magistrate Anzini and committed to Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000.00 bail. He also currently out of Federal prison on supervised release through federal parole.

Medina was arrested for Possession of marijuana, criminal conspiracy possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned by Magistrate Anzini and committed to Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000.00 bail.