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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; Township police and the state Office of Attorney General&#8217;s and Luzerne County drug task forces executed several warrants Thursday, arresting four people on drug trafficking charges and shutting down a stash house.</p><p>Agents simultaneously raided 262 Lee Park Ave. and a double block residence at 23-25 Barr Lane arresting Ronald Matthew Cottle, 43, his girlfriend Jasmin Edna Breeland, 30, Shelia Marie Link, 41, and Allen Brady, 47. Two other locations were searched on Lee Park Avenue.</p><p>During the searches, authorities recovered nearly $4,900 cash, a stolen handgun, body armor and seized a vehicle.</p><p>Cottle allegedly delivered and sold crack cocaine in the area for several weeks, agents said on Vine Street when 262 Lee Park Ave. was being searched.</p><p>Court records say Cottle stayed with Breeland at the Barr Lane residence and sometimes used 262 Lee Park Ave. where Link resided to allegedly store crack cocaine.</p><p>Cottle, Breeland and Link were arraigned by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township.</p><p>Court records say Cottle was sentenced in June 2012 to six to 12 years in state prison for his role in beating a woman inside a Monroe Street, Wilkes-Barre, residence on Dec. 30 into Dec. 31, 2010. The woman was punched, stunned with a Taser and had boiling water poured on her feet for nearly 18 hours, court records say.</p><p>Cottle was charged with nine counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and four counts of criminal conspiracy Thursday. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $125,000 bail.</p><p>Breeland was charged with four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two counts of criminal use of communication facility. She was jailed for lack of $125,000 bail.</p><p>Link was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was jailed for lack of $125,000 bail.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hanover Township police and Luzerne County Drug Task Force search an apartment at Vine Street and Lee Park Avenue on Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Hanover-drug-sweep-09262019-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Hanover Township police and Luzerne County Drug Task Force search an apartment at Vine Street and Lee Park Avenue on Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Allen-Brady.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Brady</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Allen-Brady.jpg</photo1><caption1>Brady</caption1><photoCredit1>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Jasmin-Breeland.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Breeland</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Jasmin-Breeland.jpg</photo2><caption2>Breeland</caption2><photoCredit2>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Shelia-Link.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Link</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Shelia-Link.jpg</photo3><caption3>Link</caption3><photoCredit3>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Ronald-Cottle.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Cottle </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Ronald-Cottle.jpg</photo4><caption4>Cottle </caption4><photoCredit4>Ed Lewis | Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Four arrested in drug sweep in Hanover Township