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First Posted: 2/23/2012 FORTY FORT &amp;#8211; A Harveys Lake man and his mother were arrested Tuesday on charges they sold heroin to a police informant.
Borough police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force allege James David Musial, 24, of Harveys Lake, and Caroline Atherton, 66, of Harveys Lake, sold heroin to a confidential police informant earlier in February.
According to a criminal complaint, the informant arranged to purchase heroin from Musial and Atherton, Musial's mother, at a location in Forty Fort, and bought a bag of suspected heroin weighing .1 grams at the arranged meeting place. Field tests showed the substance tested positive for heroin, police said.
Musial and Atherton were charged with delivery of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and related conspiracy charges. Musial was additionally charged with criminal use of a communication facility.
HAZLETON &amp;#8211; A man was arraigned Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on charges he assaulted his girlfriend. 
Jason Yost, 34, of Muir Avenue, Hazleton, was charged with simple assault and harassment. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $3,000 bail. 
Police charged Yost after his girlfriend, Maryellen Lehman, said he choked her and pushed her into a wall during an argument Tuesday night, according to the criminal complaint. 
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Feb. 29 before District Judge Joseph Zola in Hazleton.

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