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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 4
15 A r r e s t e d I n L i t i t z A r e a D r u g R o u n d u p
Flanked by police officers, Sebastian Soto, Jr., 20,
651 E. Main St., walks down Broad Street toward
police station.
Bill Getz, 22, 104 N. Broad St., is taken from
police car by a county sheriff’s deputy.
James Miller, 21, 50 S. Broad St., is led down
Broad Street to police station.
X o ititz R e c o r d E x p r e s s P h o to s
Doug Getz, 22, 125 S. Cedar St., is taken from
police cruiser after being picked up by local police
officers.
Steve Reppert, 21, 501 Motel, Lititz R2, hides
face as he is led from police car.
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Wallace Storch, 21,123 Oxford Dr., lowers head
as he crosses pavement to police station.
In the largest roundup in any single borough in Lan­caster
County, 11 young adults and four 16 and 17-year-old
youths were arrested in Lititz, or nearby, and brought to
the Lititz police station early Tuesday morning on charges
of selling illicit drugs here.
A warrant for the 16th person being sought on similar
charges has been issued by Lititz police.
The 15 were arrested after an investigation that
started early last December, and were arraigned con­tinuously
all morning at Lititz Boro Hall before District
Justice Sharron Simpkins, who had set up a temporary
office there to handle the heavy case load.
Bail ranged from $5,000 to $65,000, the higher bails based
on alleged large amounts of dealings by some of the ac­cused.
The charges were mostly felonies, and involved
marijuana, cocaine, and amphetamines. No sale of hard
drugs were involved.
Most of those arrested were from Lititz or Lititz RD.
Two were from Ephrata and one from Manheim, but these
three were frequent operators in Lititz, police said.
Forty-one law enforcement officers were involved in the
raid, including the entire Lititz police force, 16 officers
from the county sheriff’s office, members of the Penn­sylvania
state police and the state drug control bureau,
and officers from Warwick and West Earl Townships, and
the boroughs of Manheim and Ephrata.
The arrests concluded extensive investigation by Lititz
Police Officer Charles Shenenberger, and David Gibson,
an agent for the Pennsylvania Drug Control Department.
The raid was coordinated through Lititz Police Chief
George Hicks, with the cooperation of the county sherrif’s
office, the district attorney’s office, and the drug control
department.
Chief Hicks commended Shenenberger and Gibson on
their investigative work, and also other members of the
Lititz police force who supplied information that aided in
the arrests.
Persons Arrested
Arrested were:
Wallace Storch, 21, 123 Oxford Dr., charged with the
sale of one pound of marijuana Dec. 10, 1976 and con­spiracy
in that action, the sale of one bag of cocaine Dec.
10, 1976, the sale of one-quarter pound of marijuana Jan.
10 and conspiracy in that action.
Bail for Storch was the highest set, $65,000. He was
committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of bail.
Kay Needles, 24,16 N. Oak St., Manheim, charged with
the sale on Dec. 10, 1976 of one pound of marijuana and
conspiracy in that action, and sale Jan. 26 of one gram of
cocaine. Bail for Needles was among the second highest
set, $50,000. She also was in county prison in liM of bail.
Douglas Getz, 22,125 S. Cedar St., charged with theft by
deception and criminal attempt on Feb. 14 in the sale of a
substance falsely represented to be amphetamine. He was
in prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
William Getz, his brother, 22,104 N. Broad St., charged
with the sale Feb. 21 of two ounces of marijuana, and the
sale Feb. 26 of two ounces of marijuana and conspiracy in
the latter action. He was in county prison in lieu of $30,000
bail.
Charles Gray, 21,840 Clearview Ave., Ephrata, charged
with sale Jan. 14 of three-quarters of a pound of
marijuana. He was released on $5,000 bail after posting 10
percent of it in cash.
Greg Harding, 19, 521 Hackman Rd., Brunnerville,
charged with the Feb. 26 sale of two ounces of marijuana
and conspiracy in that action. He was free on $15,000 bail,
after 10 percent of it was posted in cash for him.
Jack Munro, 21, 2 Steigel St., Manheim, charged with
the Feb. 14 sale of one-quarter pound of marijuana and
conspiracy in that action. He was in prison in lieu of
$50,000 bail.
James Miller, 21,50 S. Broad St., charged with the Feb.
3 sale of two ounces of marijuana. He was in prison in lieu
of $15,000 bail.
Steve Reppert, 21,501 Motel, Lititz R2, charged with the
sale Dec. 20, 1976 of one-quarter ounce of hashish. He was
in jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Dennis Rosenberg, 21,112 W. Third Ave., charged with
the Feb. 14 sale of one-quarter pound of marijuana and
conspiracy in that action. He was in jail in lieu of $25,000
bail.
Sebastian Soto, Jr., 20,651E. Main St., charged with the
sale Feb. 9 of two ounces of marijuana and conspiracy in
that action. He also faces possible additional charges for a
quantity of marijuana found in his house at the time of his
arrest. He was in prison in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Two girls and two boys, 17 and 16 years old, whose
names were not released, also were arrested in the
roundup. They were:
A 17-year old Lititz girl charged with the sale Jan. 10 of
one-quarter pound of marijuana and conspiracy in that
action.
A 17-year old Lititz R2 boy, charged with the sale of one-quarter
pound of marijuana Jan. 14 and conspiracy in that
action.
A 17-year old Lititz girl charged with the sale of two
ounces of marijuana Feb. 9 and conspiracy in that action.
A 16-year old Lititz boy charged with the sale of one
ounce of marijuana Feb. 24.
Of the four juveniles arrested, only one is currently a
student at Warwick High School.
One of the girls was released on her own recognizance
and one was released to the custody of her parents. The
two male juveniles will be committed to Barnes Hall.
Undercover Agent
Police said all the alleged sales were made to an un­dercover
agent working for the borough of Lititz. The
agent is a deputy in the county sheriff’s office, whose
identity was not revealed. Reportedly, the agent started in
early December to establish contact and make tran­sactions
with marijuana and cocaine dealers in the Lititz
area.
The money for the alleged marijuana purchases by the
agent was donated by a “concerned” Lititz resident who
asked to remain anonymous, Chief Hicks said.
The alleged cocaine and amphetamine purchases were
made with funds provided by the Bureau of Drug Control.
The sales allegedly took place at the Warwick House
and Park View bar on North Broad Street, the 501 Motel,
Meadows Apartments in Manheim, the Dei Briekerville
Scheier in Elizabethtown Township, also on East Main
Street in Lititz, and at some other locations in Ephrata
and Manheim.
Chief Hicks said none of the sales were made in Lititz
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O f f ic e r S h e n e n b e rg e r Cited
For In v e s t ig a t iv e Work
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Officer Charles Shenenberger of the Lititz
Borough police department, was instrumental in
helping county drug agents round up 15 dealers
from the northern Lancaster County area Tuesday.
The success of Tuesday’s
drug raid, which centered on
Lititz and its nearby vicinity,
was due in large part to the
investigative ability of
Borough Police Officer
Charles Shenenberger, who
fellow police officers say has
“a hound dog’s nose for
sniffing out drugs.”
For a man whose first
career choice was to be a
farmer, Charlie Shenen­berger
has turned out to be a
first-rate lawman.
, Because his first love was
financially out of reach, he
utilized his Air Force law
enforcement training and
experience to land a position
m the Lititz police force nine
years ago.
It wasn’t long until his
interest and acuity in the
field of special investigation
began to make him an
especially valuable asset to
the force.
Said Lititz Police Chief
George Hicks, “He’s a
stickler for detail and has a
knack for getting in­formation.”
“They don’t like me
because I hit ’em hard,” said
Officer Shenenberger,
speaking of those who often
find themselves on the op­posite
side of an in­terrogation
table from him.
“Sometimes I might give
’em a break,” he continued,
adding that he doesn’t really
•now why some of the people
he has arrested decide to
confide in him. “But, they
come and talk to me," he
admitted.
Apparently it’s a reluctant
respect - for his ability as
well as his fairness - that
prompts lawbreakers to give
him information that, in
time, aids police in solving
many crimes.
For Officer Shenenberger,
investigation of the drug
trade in the area is a favorite
target, and “knowing what’s
involved and who’s in­volved,”
makes him even
more anxious to get the
offenders off the streets.
A hometown boy, Charlie
Shenenberger has an even
greater incentive than most
to want to keep the locale
free of drug traffic and the
crimes that accompany
heavy drug use.
He grew up in the
Briekerville area where he
and his brother lived as
foster children with the
Miley family.
Now a Lititz resident, he
continues to be committed to
the investigative work he
hopes will keep the borough
on the list of towns people
want to move into - not out
of.
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