PENNSYLVANIA — Nineteen people have been arrested following a long-term investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in Bucks County and surrounding areas, authorities announced Monday.
The Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force and the Quakertown Borough Police Department, working with the Bucks County Investigating Grand Jury, dismantled what officials identified as the “Finlan Drug Trafficking Organization.” Investigators allege the group distributed fentanyl and methamphetamine throughout Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh and Philadelphia counties.
According to authorities, the organization operated under the guise of a landscaping business, Contemporary Gardens, based in Perkasie. Investigators said the group was also linked to illegal firearm sales, residential burglaries targeting guns and two overdose deaths.
Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan said the investigation disrupted a major regional drug supply chain.
Investigators allege members of the organization burglarized homes to steal firearms, which were then traded for narcotics or sold to individuals prohibited from owning guns.
Evidence presented to the grand jury linked Shana Finlan and Debbie Booth to the fatal overdose of Kenneth Klingman in Center Valley, authorities said. Anthony Rola is accused of supplying the drugs that led to the death of Justin DiDonato in Sellersville.
Finlan and Rola are charged with drug delivery resulting in death and involuntary manslaughter. The other defendants face charges including corrupt organizations, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, illegal firearm possession and sales, burglary, criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property.
Those charged include Shana Finlan, Ivan Freeman, David Gowen, Jessica Lerner, Elizabeth Fox, Joseph Sharon, Jason Hill, Jolene Valencia, Corey Dick, Matthew Holtzhafer, Damien Geissler, Matthew Kuhnle, Jeffrey Cooper, Matthew Cooper, Travis Hoover, Antonino Indelicato, Lynda Jones, Anthony Rola and Debbie Booth.
Hill’s bail was set at $350,000. Authorities said he was recently convicted in Montgomery County and sentenced to prison in a separate case involving the sexual assault of a minor.
Investigators reviewed tens of thousands of digital records, intercepted communications and conducted undercover purchases during the course of the investigation.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
