This investigation remains ongoing and is the result of Lehigh County’s 12th Investigating Grand Jury and due to the confidentiality of those proceedings, we are limited in the amount of information that can be provided.
As of Aug. 28, there have been 22 individuals arrested and we anticipate many more arrests as this investigation proceeds.
The Lehigh County Drug Task Force was assisted by federal, state and local agencies to execute 26 search warrants at businesses and homes as a result of this 3-year grand jury investigation.
Search warrants are still being processed on 283 financial institution accounts and various cryptocurrency accounts.
To date, some of the items seized include:
• Well over $100,000 in cash.
• Cryptocurrency accounts.
• More than 2,000 pounds of marijuana, large quantities of THC liquid, cocaine and MDMA pills.
• At least 25 firearms that include semi-automatic rifles and ghost guns.
Two clandestine laboratories manufacturing illegal THC products were also discovered and dismantled by members of the Pennsylvania State Police Clandestine Laboratory Team.
The preliminary hearings for those charged yesterday are currently scheduled for 2 p.m. Sept. 3 at Lehigh County Central Court. Some of those charged yesterday have already posted bail.
An investigation of this scale includes the cooperation and efforts of many law enforcement agencies including the Lehigh County Drug Task Force; the Lehigh County Emergency Response Team; the James B. Martin Regional Intelligence and Investigation Center; Allentown Police Department and Bethlehem Police Department’s Emergency Response Team and Vice Units as well as patrol officers; Pennsylvania State Police (Troop M), Pennsylvania State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit; Special Emergency Response Team, Strike Force and Vice Units; the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotic Investigations in Allentown; the Department of Homeland Security in Allentown, U.S. Marshals in Allentown; South Whitehall Township Police; Upper Macungie Police and detectives in New York and Montgomery County.
Additional law enforcement agencies in Illinois and Wisconsin were instrumental in taking suspects into custody and initiating extradition proceedings. The investigation was made possible with funding from the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Initiative (HIDTA).
This case was will be prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorneys Craig W. Scheetz and Kevin P. McCloskey.
As in every criminal case, the fact that arrests have occurred or complaints have been filed are merely accusations; and the accused are all presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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Apparently the RTK officer is an additional duty. What is his paid position in the City?
Well, I guess we now know why democrat commissioners made such a fuss about ICE arrests at the courthouse. Gotta keep the police from rounding up the criminals!
This area has some real winners in govt.
Another stellar “candidate” propped up and shoved down the throats of sheep by LV4ALL. This clown replaced Zanelli as commissioner - the people deserve better! Shame on LV4ALL and their woke, DEI agenda. And now CeCe wants to be a State Rep… HA!!! When will the madness end???
Who knew?
Wonderful hire by the Mayor… Bet life is looking great today up there on his high horse
Thank you for bringing attention to this. In a functioning democracy people don't get arrested without charges being available to the public.
If all of us don't have rights, none of us have rights.
What a disgrace!
Bethlehem is turning into a shit hole. Another DEI hire from Woke Willie.
“Well, what had happened was…”
Another Democrat with a hyphenated name. There is nothing to see here folks move along.
CZB WAS arrested yesterday, taken out of Willie Raynolds City Hall in handcuffs. Charges are local, not federal. CZB is another Elected deviant Democrat pushing social culture change to normalize he/his wicked vices.
This is another reason why we need life-long servants like Police Sergeant Sam Elias serving in County Government.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/lehigh-county-commissioner-arrested-on-drug-charges/article_f022fc96-dc2f-4a56-85f7-59092e35592e.html#tncms-source=Homepage-Top-Stories
WFMZ is saying state charges but I suspect it might be federal bc of what I've heard.
If it is federal it’s sealed because he’s snitching.
All of us do have rights, including Cole-Borghi. Whether the matter is state or federal, he is entitled to and gets a prompt preliminary arraignment (within hours) before a neutral magistrate who apprises him of the charges and his rights and who sets bail. I was unable to find the charges online, but I have no constitutional right to be informed online. Charges on the state or federal system usually lag at least a day behind. Rest assured that Cole Borghi's rights are being protected. If there is an infringement of them, the government will have to explain and might see the charges bounced. The government has more resources, but defendants have much more rights.
Another loser public servant. Lock him up with Margle.
Who cares dude. You said a whole lot of nothing.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the voters
It’s merely a marijuana charge per wfmz. I am a moderate and certainly not in alignment with his far left Politics, but we need to stop criminalizing marijuana. If indeed this is only marijuana, he’s going to end up obtaining a lot more sympathy than bad publicity from all of this.
Apparently in the Wonderful World of Willie it’s better to be an actual P.O.S then those he just views as a P.O.S…
If the charges are possession with the intent to deliver, then it's clearly more than just a possession charge. Big difference a misdemeanour to a felony. Clown Borghi rode the coattails of Lehigh Valley for All and was closely tied to Amy Zanelli - who herself is facing PA ethics code violations and hopefully will be held accountable for very soon. Borghi, Zanelli, and Cee Cee...is this the best that the Lehigh Valley has to offer? People need to wake up and stop voting for these clowns!
Wasn’t busted with a dime bag my guy.. the admin cozied up to the streets and the streets hustled em….
Interesting. Federal law in the United States classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. Penalty is up to 1 year imprisonment and fined at least $1,000 but not more than $100,000, or both.
Is he going to the pokey?
The first question is whether he’ll have the decency to resign from the Board of Commissioners immediately.
If not, the question becomes whether his fellow commissioners will demand it.
Unreal! When is Bethlehem going to wake up and realize Reynolds is running a clown show and he is the head clown. He has no clue what is going on in his own city.
Curious alumni form the class of 99’ , Willie was it us you were referring to who would 1 day be taking out your trash.. Or did you really foresee the FEDs doing that task inside City Hall for you?
Lehigh Valley For All Criminals LOL.
Lehigh Valley News is reporting that he was arrested as part of an interstate drug ring and 3 year investigation. He allegedly sold a pound of marijuana and was associating with some bad hombres lol.
According to WFMZ. ...loser
He was a co-conspirator in a 7 state network of drug dealers. Millions of dollars seized. This is your party of socialist leaders. Its one big corrupt organization.
Yes, where is Wee Willie for comment? He loves to blow hot air but notice he's always hiding for comment if he thinks he'll lose a vote. I hope Bryan and Grace publicly question him at the next Council meeting. He'll probably be conveniently absent for the next meeting.
These LV4ALL candidates masquerade as conventional candidates, they never come out and tell the voters how radical they are. I woudn't say the voters are stupid, so much as too trusting. Cee Cee is an expert at this. You would never know Jon Irons was a radical leftist if you spoke to him outside the polling place on Election Day.
Fellow moderate checking in...I hope when marijuana is de-criminalized, that the gangsters and thugs park in front of your house with tinted windows and smoke skunk weed in the middle of the night so you can enjoy it.
I'm not sure why you aren't posting about the MDJ's killing DUI court or the DA's office killing DUI ARD court in Northampton
Da code is snitches get stitches
Both local political parties have problems. Lehigh and Norco Have strong, moderate Democrats, but that is being eroded over time by out of touch leftists, particularly in Lehigh, that do not represent the 80% middle of society. Both counties have very lazy Republican executive candidates who have already conceded their races to the Democrats. Not sure either one is even campaigning, the Republicans should be ashamed of their performance locally. Now we have this Lehigh Commissioner, who is evidently a criminal. It’s not good in the valley right now.
Character matters, morals matter. Reynolds has neither. Leaders set the tone for those under them. They figure if Reynolds can threaten developers and churches to sell him their property or else he will use his departments against them, then it's a free for all for everyone to do their own thing. Worst Mayor in the cities history.
@551.. the madness will end come 2026 when the blue wave crushes these Trump boot lickers! Can’t wait! I’m as excited as you seem to be to get our rights back! 2026! Trump gone before or in 2028! Can’t wait
Trumpers can’t read well. Bernie explained his rights ones that we all enjoy FOR NOW. Until cheetoh in chief takes those also
Do you know that for fact? Are you that racist and so far up Trumps a$$ that anyone not white skinned is a DEI hire? Grow up midget
Another Lehigh Valley For All Criminals lover. SMH.
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