PIKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Drugs, guns and money found in Pike County raid

Search warrant nets two in UNIT bust

Posted 1/15/25

MILFORD, PA—Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced the arrest of two individuals after the Pike DA Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Team (U.N.I.T.) served a search warrant at a …

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PIKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Drugs, guns and money found in Pike County raid

Search warrant nets two in UNIT bust

Investigators located approximately twenty pounds of marijuana, a quantity of pills, a large number of THC vapes and gummies, along with a quantity of mushrooms, numerous firearms, and over $30,000 U.S. Currency.
Investigators located approximately twenty pounds of marijuana, a quantity of pills, a large number of THC vapes and gummies, along with a quantity of mushrooms, numerous firearms, and over $30,000 U.S. Currency.
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MILFORD, PA—Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced the arrest of two individuals after the Pike DA Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Team (U.N.I.T.) served a search warrant at a residence located at 266 Oneida Way in Dingman Township on January 14th, 2025. Investigators located approximately twenty pounds of marijuana, a quantity of pills, a large number of THC vapes and gummies, along with a quantity of mushrooms, numerous firearms, and over $30,000 U.S. Currency.

The individuals charged are Jonny Contreras, age 36, of Milford, and Dennyeil Contreras, age 47, of Milford.

Jonny Contreras was charged with five counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a controlled substance, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of Children, and Conspiracy to Commit Possession with Intent to Deliver. Dennyeil Contreras is charged with five counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a controlled substance, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, Endangering the Welfare of Children, and Conspiracy to Commit Possession with Intent to Deliver.

According to the criminal complaint and affidavit, the Pike DA U.N.I.T served a search warrant at the target house in Conashaugh Lakes Community in Dingman Township on January 14, 2025. In addition to the contraband, investigators found two minor children in the house.

Both were arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Randy Schmalzie and incarcerated in the Pike County Correctional Facility. Jonny Contreras's bail was set at $500,000 and Dennyeil Contreras's bail was set at $250,000. They will be scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Pike County Central Court.

The bail request for Jonny Contreras was based in part on the belief he lacks United States Citizenship.

District Attorney Tonkin noted that many of the THC vapes in this case appeared to have packaging that would be attractive to children. Tonkin stated, “Drugs have no place in our community, and we will continuously work to investigate and prosecute drug dealers to help keep our community and children safe from the harms that these drug houses cause to the communities they operate in.”

Tonkin thanked the Dingman Township Volunteer Fire Department for their assistance in opening a locked safe in the residence that led to the recovery of some of the drugs seized.

The District Attorney’s Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Team includes county detectives from the district attorney’s office, Pike County Sheriff’s Department deputies, and officers from the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department and the Milford Police Department.

Anyone with information on drug dealing in Pike County can call 570-296-3482 and ask for a county detective.

A person charged with a criminal offense is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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