Edwardsville man arraigned on drug charges


Dec. 1 — An Edwardsville man needed by the Luzerne Province Sheriff's Specialty was summoned Wednesday morning after he was captured last month and found with a knapsack containing thought methamphetamine and fentanyl.


Tyler Bradley Vida, 29, was arrested on Oct. 30 of this current year after officials from the Kingston Civil Police Division spotted Vida strolling along Central avenue and recognized him as needed through the NCIC information base, the criminal grumbling recorded against Vida states.


As indicated by the grievance:


Officials from Kingston spotted Vida and a female strolling west on Central avenue in Kingston at roughly 10:35 a.m. on Oct. 30.


A hunt in the NCIC framework affirmed that Vida was needed by the region sheriff's specialty.


As Vida and the female moved toward a close by Turkey Slope general store, extra officials were called to the scene and, when they showed up, Vida was arrested.


Edwardsville man arraigned on drug charges

He was wearing a knapsack, which was taken out from Vida before officials put him in binds.


The rucksack was looked, and officials tracked down a pink-hued pocket inside containing various needles.


A different pocket likewise found in the rucksack contained one sack of precious (not entirely settled to be aboue 13.9 grams with bundling), one white pack containing thought heroin/fentanyl, one computerized scale with methamphetamine buildup, two cut straws with buildup, a glass methamphetamine pipe and a glass maryjane pipe.


The female was distinguished as Jacqueline Siegenthal, and a hunt in NCIC verified that she was needed by the Carbondale Police Division for misdeed drug charges.


Subsequent to being moved back to the Kingston police base camp, Vida agreed to a meeting without his lawyer present, as indicated by the criminal grumbling.


Vida let police know that he had the methamphetamine for both individual use and available to be purchased. He said that he sells ounces of gem methamphetamine for around $350-$400, grams for $40 and 3.5 grams (known as an eight-ball) for $100.


He let specialists know that he had bought the methamphetamine before in the day, and said that he would just utilize "a gram or less" for himself's purposes, selling the rest.


Further addressing uncovered that Vida orchestrates most of his medication exchanges by means of Facebook Courier and TextNow, and that he had been selling drugs for roughly 16 years.


He was shipped to Luzerne Province Remedial Office that day on the exceptional warrant.


On Wednesday, Vida was summoned before Authoritative Locale Judge Joseph Spagnuolo Jr. what's more, accused of crime ownership of a controlled substance with the purpose to convey, alongside wrongdoing accusations of deliberate ownership of a controlled substance and ownership of medication gear.


He was remanded to the province remedial office, and was subsequently delivered on $75,000 bail.


A primer hearing is planned for Dec. 14.