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First Posted: 4/5/2012 WILKES-BARRE &amp;#8211; An attorney for a Wapwallopen woman charged with trying to sell weapons belonging to her father, who she said had died, asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss charges against his client.
Lindsey Irene Maczuga, 23, of South Church Street, faces two counts of theft by unlawful taking in the case in which police say she removed eight guns, a crossbow, seven knives and ammunition from a gun safe in her father's living room.
Maczuga's attorney, Steven Greenwald, made the request on Wednesday to have the charges against his client thrown out.
It was not clear why Maczuga and Greenwald asked to have the charges dropped.
Judge Lesa Gelb said she would make a ruling on the request at a later date, as Greenwald also asked that his client be permitted to participate in the county's Treatment Court program.
Treatment Court is a program for adult residents of Luzerne County who have been charged with non-violent crimes related to a drug or alcohol addiction. If a participant completes the program, charges brought against the person will be dismissed. 
According to court papers, on Jan. 30, 2011, Andrew Maczuga reported the items missing from his gun safe.
Police interviewed Lindsey Maczuga the following day, who said she had contacted a gun buyer whose phone number she had found. She told him her father had died and she wanted to sell his guns.
Maczuga said she later invited the man to her father's house, where he selected seven guns, a cross bow, ammunition and knives that he purchased for $1,350.
Maczuga said she later sold another gun to Nimrod Sporting Goods in Hanover Township for $150.
Police said Maczuga told them she used the money from the sales to buy heroin.

Woman charged with trying to sell weapons wants charges tossed