Philadelphia Police took 60 people -- ranging in age from 17 to 67 -- into custody and seized two dozen vehicles in a sweep of a notorious drug zone in the city's 25th District.
"If you think it's a good idea to come to Philadelphia to buy drugs...if you think it's a good idea to come to Philadelphia to sell drugs, you will be arrested. Your vehicle will be confiscated," said Philadelphia Police Insp. Melvin Singleton.
Investigators said the arrests included residents of the city and surrounding suburbs as people are coming from around the region to buy and sell heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana in the 25th District, which includes parts of North Philly, Feltonville, Kensington and Hunting Park.
Suburbanites --picking up drugs as they commuted to and from work -- accounted for about 35 percent of those arrested, said police, who confiscated the alleged buyers' cars as part of the sweep.
Officers said they rounded up the 60 suspects near five different North Philly interesections: Waterloo and West Cambria streets, North Front and West Cambria streets, North Swanson and East Somerset streets, Rosehill and East Cambria streets, and East Tusculum and East Somerset streets.
The sweep occurred the same week as six former Philadelphia narcotics officers went to trial for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in cash and drugs while working undercover.
Here is a list of the 60 people arrested:
- Unnamed 17-year-old boy of the 3000 block of Aramingo Avenue
- Ronald Chavis, 67, of the 3200 block of North 13th Street
- Richard Arizarry, 18. of the 2800 block of North J Street
- Anna Marie Shumakeris, 35, of the 2600 block of Memphis Street
- Alejandro Perez, 27, of the 6200 block of Roosevelt Boulevard
- Timothy Flourndy, 58, of the 500 block of Arch Street, Palmyra, New Jersey
- Ryan Beeb, 33, of the unit block of Garden Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
- Marcus Browna, 32, of the 500 block of Prince Street, Woodbury New Jersey
- Lucianno Sierra, 59, of the 100 block of Cobaut Street
- Kevin Cahill, 37, of the 700 block of Applefield Lane, Hammonton New Jersey
- Kavollyn Morales, 33, of 2900 block of North Front Street
- Jose Colon, 27, of the 100 block of West Dauphin Street
- John Wesley Grier, 55, of the 2800 block of Amber Street
- Gregory Mahnke, 33, of the 600 block of Fairhill Street, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
- Felix Ramos, 47, of the 2600 block of North Palethorp Street
- Elizabeth Perez, 44, of the 7000 block of Castor Avenue
- Charles Hall, 61, of the 2600 block of West Gordon Street
- Brandon Kozier, 26, of the 5400 block of Greenwood Circle, Pipersville, Pennsylvania
- Jacqueline Efron,47, of the 2100 block of East Cumberland Street
- Steven Paxson, 47, of the 1500 block of East Hunting Park Avenue
- Exson Rodriguez, 20, of the 2100 block of East Ontario Street
- Carlos Rodriguez, 34, of the 3100 block of North Hartville Street
- Joseph Trunk, 57, of the 2600 block of West Silver Street
- Alicia Helen Angeny, 31, of the 500 block of Frazir Lane, Aston, Pennsylvania
- Keila Ortiz, 23, of the 1300 block of Rand Street
- Amber Cox, 25 of the unit block of Makefield Road, Morrisville Pennsylvania
- Christopher Ocasio, 19 of the 3900 N Marshall Street
- Jamir Young, 24 of 7200 Leonard Street
- Kelvin Ortiz, 22 of 3300 Rend Street
- Clemmit McGwire, 48 of 4900 Rawle Street
- Dawn Kahana, 46 of 3000 Amber Street
- Ivan Sotolongo, 45 of 2000 E. Susquehanna Avenue
- Brenton Moore, 50 of 2700 Frankford Avenue
- Joseph Magnin, 41 of 400 E Flora Street
- Juan Gonzalez, 39 of 3400 N 3rd Street
- Marcell Thomas, 25 of 900 E Venango Street
- Selena Marcilio, 18 of 3200 Phillip Street
- William Brennan, 27 of the unit block of Letterly Street
- Terrell Johnson, 32 of 300 E. Somerset Street
- Laurie Mesoraca, 33 of the 2200 block of S Fairhill Street
- Jess Kellengren 37 of the 2400 block of S Darien Street
- George Gomez, 26 of 4900 block of “B” Street
- John Vega, 22 of 600 W. Tusculum Street
- Jin Huh, 33 of 100 Perry Street, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
- Christine Miller, 26 of 3000 Veterans Road, Bristol, Pennsylvania
- George Dick Jr, 26 of 2600 Mercer Street
- Travis Poston, 25 of 600 Marsten Green Circle
- Teddy Gerena, 23 of 2800 N Swanson Street
- Shane MacMuaary, 27 of 4200 Ormond Street
- Madeline Knecht, 25 of the unit block of Old Lancaster Road, Devon, Pennsylvania
- Joshua Kanterman, 27 of 200 S Olds Boulevard, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
- Graham Rufus, 33 of 3900 Tall Oaks Lane, Newtown, Pennsylvania
- Chelon Vazquez, 42, No known address
- Thomas Radonski, 39 of 1800 S 13th Street
- Christian Cortez, 29 of 100 W Courtland Street
- Lara Waleska, 37 of 1300 Unity Street
- Marissa Forte, 29 of 5400 Flushing Road
- Vincent Ruffing, 21of 400 Kismet Road
- Joseph Peronace, 36 of 400 Kismet Road
- Ricky Tendziegloski, 37 of 1500 Fairmount Street
