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<p>ASHLEY &#8212; State agents wearing hazardous material suits served a search warrant at the Huber Breaker property Tuesday, centralizing their efforts inside a large garage.</p><p>Just before 9:30 a.m., agents entered the property along South Main Street with several pickup trucks and a box truck that was backed up to a garage door bay.</p><p>The main entrance was quickly closed by a gate and blocked by a vehicle operated by a private security guard.</p><p>It was not immediately known what agents were searching for, but items were seen being removed from the garage.</p><p>The search warrant was authorized by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township. A copy of the search warrant and affidavit will be available for release once an inventory receipt of seized items is filed with the district judge.</p><p>The search comes on the heels of the property owners, Paselo Logistics LLC, being found in contempt of a November 2016 court order that compelled them to clean up discarded tires and drums filled with an unidentified liquid.</p><p>During a hearing a few weeks ago, county Judge Fred Pierantoni III found Paselo Logistics failed to comply with a 30-day cleanup order that was issued Nov. 7, 2016. Instead of removing the drums, Paselo moved some of them into a building on the property, which the state Department of Environmental Protection claimed constituted a failure to comply with the order.</p><p>A hearing is scheduled Jan. 24 before Pierantoni for DEP and Paselo to provide updates on cleanup efforts.</p><p>Colleen Connolly, spokesperson for the DEP Northeast Region, said they are assisting the state attorney general&#8217;s office with the search warrant.</p><p>Paselo purchased the 25-acre site and the Huber Breaker in October 2013, when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John J. Thomas awarded a $1.25 million bid after an auction was held in August 2013.</p><p>Built in 1938, the breaker constructed of steel and glass stood 208 feet high and began operations in February 1939. For the next 37 years, the breaker processed and sorted 7,000 tons of anthracite coal a day, shipping the black diamonds on railroad cars up the Ashley Planes to larger cities.</p><p>Paselo demolished the breaker in April 2014, and sold the steel as scrap.</p><p>The financier behind the purchase of the property, Reivia Ashley LLC of New Jersey, filed a civil lawsuit against Paselo alleging breach of contract.</p><p>The suit alleges Paselo received only $1.8 million in scrap metal sales instead of a promised $5 million.</p><p>Paselo owes more than $79,000 in delinquent real estate taxes dating to 2014, according to Northeast Revenue Service LLC.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A search warrant was served Tuesday at the Huber Breaker property in Ashley by the Pennsylvania Attorney General&#8217;s Office. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/web1_Huber-12192017-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>A search warrant was served Tuesday at the Huber Breaker property in Ashley by the Pennsylvania Attorney General&#8217;s Office. </caption0><photoCredit0>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Search warrant executed at Huber Breaker property in Ashley