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Charges refiled against Erie pair in marijuana delivery case
Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 at 2:44 PM
By Tim Hahn Erie Times-News
Two Erie men are once again facing criminal charges related to a shipment of marijuana, mailed to a westside address, that Pennsylvania State Police drug investigators and U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted in early May.
State police on Thursday refiled charges of possession with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of a controlled substance charges against J. G. Eaton II, 42, and D. J. Dulong, 42, in an incident that occurred in the 1400 block of [ADDRESS REDACTED] on May 5.
Investigators charge that U.S. Postal Inspectors and troopers with the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Drug Law Enforcement Division, Western Interdiction Unit, which is based near Pittsburgh, came in contact on May 5 with a suspicious package being shipped to the [ADDRESS REDACTED] address. The package had indicators that were consistent with drug shipping and a search warrant was obtained, and when the package was opened it was found to contain 11 pounds of marijuana, according to information in the affidavit of probable cause filed with the criminal complaints against Eaton and Dulong.
A controlled delivery of the package was made to the Erie residence later that day and was taken into the residence, and at about 6 p.m. on May 5 Eaton and Dulong arrived at the residence. Eaton entered the residence and immediately exited with the parcel, and Dulong met Eaton at the rear of a vehicle and Dulong placed the package inside the vehicle, investigators charged in the affidavit.
Investigators moved in and detained Eaton and Dulong, and when they searched the residence after obtaining a warrant they found more suspected marijuana, guns, two pairs of brass knuckles and suspected drug paraphernalia, investigators wrote in the affidavit.
Eaton and Dulong were initially charged in the investigation on May 5. But the charges were dismissed by Erie 6th Ward District Judge Dominick DiPaolo on Oct. 3 after the trooper who filed the charges did not appear for the hearing, nor did anyone from the Erie County District Attorney's Office. The hearing had been rescheduled several times before the Oct. 3 date.
DiPaolo arraigned Eaton and Dulong on the refiled charges -- with Eaton additionally charged with one count of prohibited offensive weapon, for the brass knuckles -- early Thursday afternoon. Both were released on $50,000 unsecured bond.
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