4 Arrested in in the sale of marijuana in Matamoras Borough
On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Officers from the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department along with Pike County Detectives seized over ten thousand dollars in cash, 9.7 pounds in marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Brittney Christian, 22, Corina Montalvo, 26, and Matthew Ortiz, 21, were charged with Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession with Intent to Manufacture or Deliver a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance after a search warrant of the residence was executed on a residence in Dervand Circle in Matamoras. The three were charged and arraigned by Magistrate Menditto where they were remanded to the Pike County Correctional Facility on $100,000.00 bail. A fourth resident, Cameron Rivera who is currently out on bail from previous charges has a warrant out for his arrest in connection with the drug sales.
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On Saturday, June 24, 2017 the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department received information that Fugatives from justice, Jarret Heitman and Makayla Stilwell were spotted at Wal-Mary in Westfall Township. Out of an abundance of caution officers from EPRPD with the assistance of Port Jervis Police and Pa State Police searched the wooded areas along the riverbanks.
we have no evidence that these wanted individuals are in our area. But as always if you see something say something.
Eastern Pike Regional Police to Participate in Aggressive-Driving Enforcement Initiative
Pike County– The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department will join the Pennsylvania State Police and over 205 municipal agencies to conduct aggressive-driving enforcement through November 20.
Eastern Pike Regional Police Department will monitor roadways in Westfall Township and Matamoras Borough for aggressive driving behaviors.
As part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT), Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project, the initiative will aim to reduce the number of aggressive-driving related crashes, injuries and deaths on roadways throughout the state. Any aggressive driver stopped by police will receive a ticket.
Municipal police agencies that participated in last year’s campaign wrote 58,032 aggressive-driving related citations, including 35,126 for speeding alone. Failure to obey traffic control signals or signs was the second most-common offense, resulting in 4,879 citations.
Additionally, the enforcement brought about 376 felony arrests, 203 DUI related arrests and 120 fugitive arrests.
The aggressive-driving enforcement is a part of PennDOT’s Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project and is funded by PennDOT’s statewide distribution of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds. Please visit www.penndot.gov/safety for more information.