By AMY MARCHIANO

AMARCIANO@TNONLINE.COM

Heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, guns and more than $3,000 were among items found by agents of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General and Schuylkill Haven Borough Police Thursday after a search and seizure warrant was acted upon at 18 Center Ave. in the borough in Schuylkill County.

Leo Securda, with the AG’s office, filed charges Thursday in Magisterial District Judge James R. Ferrier’s office, Orwigsburg, against two Schuylkill Haven borough residents and a Philadelphia one, according to charging documents.

All three are in Schuylkill County Prison unable to each post $50,000 bail. Preliminary hearings at set for 9 a.m. Dec. 15 in Ferrier’s office, according to court documents.

Charged were Andrew Dotter, 33, of Schuylkill Haven, who was arrested by uniformed officers after he was seen arriving at his home and later biking to the area near the Fast Fill gas station along Route 61 with a black bag containing 8 grams of suspected methamphetamine, according to an affidavit of probable cause. He was then taken to the Schuylkill Haven Police Department.

Dotter is charged with four felonies, three of manufacture, possession with intent to deliver or deliver a controlled substance, and criminal conspiracy, and four misdemeanors, three of possession of a controlled substance, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Tina Marie Hosier, 35, of Schuylkill Haven, who was born in Lehighton, is charged with eight felonies, three of manufacture, possess with intent to deliver or deliver a controlled substance, one charge of criminal conspiracy, and four counts of possessing a firearm, use, manufacture control of selling when not permitted to do so. Documents state Hosier is prohibited from possessing a firearm. Three misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance, and one charge of drug paraphernalia were filed.

Richard F. Nicoletti, 43, of Philadelphia, faces three charges of manufacture, posses with intent to deliver or deliver a controlled substance, one charge of criminal conspiracy, and four charges of persons not to posses, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms. Documents state he is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Three misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of drug paraphernalia were filed.

Affidavits of probable cause filed show that the AG’s office and police conducted surveillance at the home, noticed Dotter enter and exit with the bag then bike to the area near the gas station. He told police Hosier, his children and Nicoletti were at the home after told there was a search warrant. He claimed “he didn’t know” if more drugs were at the home.

Upon entering the home after knocking and announcing their presence, police and AG agents, noticed four juveniles, who were later given to a family member, Hosier and Nicoletti. Hosier was found at the top of the steps while Schuylkill Haven Police Cpl. Gregory Meisner found Nicoletti trying to escape from a bathroom window.

Someone threw suspected methamphetamine and a gun out a second-floor window, an affidavit says.

Findings at the house

All told, a search of the residence found 11 ounces of methamphetamine, 10.5 grams of heroin, 9.3 grams of Fentanyl, 1/2 pound of marijuana, 5 packets of THC gummies, 5 suboxone strips, a Bersa thunder .380 caliber handgun with six bullets, a .22 caliber derringer, a Ruger .22 caliber revolver, and a .380 caliber handgun, and $3,746, an affidavit indicates.

The drugs found at the residence were field tested and “produced a positive reaction for the presence of methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin and fentanyl.” They will be sent to the Pennsylvania Crime Lab for identification.

When questioned, Hosier said she stays in the room, where the other three guns were found, near the bathroom with Nicoletti. She said that Dotter, who is the father of three of her four children, has sold drugs from the home “for the last year.”

Hosier said she has sold methamphetamine to “various customers in Schuylkill County,” the affidavit indicates. Hosier said Nicoletti gives her the methamphetamine to

sell.

Nicoletti said he knew the guns and methamphetamine were at the home. He stated he “handled both the methamphetamine and guns in the past,” according to the affidavit. Items belonging to Nicoletti were found in the bedroom.