Two charged in Polk drug bust
By Andrew Scott
Pocono Record Writer
Posted Apr. 17, 2015 at 4:27 PM
Two people are charged after state police executed a search warrant Friday morning at a Scenic Drive, Polk Township, residence and found heroin.
Anthony Salvatore Diliberti Jr., 19, who lives at the residence, and Vanessa Tatiana Wong, 25, of Effort, were present during the search, arrested and arraigned on drug charges.
Diliberti was placed in Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail while Wong was allowed to remain free on unsecured bail. Both will be scheduled to appear in district court at a future date.
Having learned during an investigation that drugs were being sold at Diliberti's residence, police executed the search warrant.
In Diliberti's bedroom were found 9.5 grams of heroin, 6.4 grams of marijuana, a glass smoking device, numerous glassine bags, rubber bands, a knife containing heroin, a measuring spoon containing heroin residue and a loaded Stevens .22-caliber rifle with a sawed-off stock and barrel less than 18 inches, an affidavit states. About 7.9 grams of heroin were found in Wong's purse.
Also seized from the residence were an Auto Ordinance .45-caliber handgun, a Smith and Wesson 12-gauge shotgun, likewise with a sawed-off stock and barrel less than 18 inches, and $1,496 in U.S. currency, the affidavit states.