HONESDALE, PA — Victoria Zipperlen, 22, of Hawley, and Matthew Javitz, 24, of Honesdale, were arrested on March 5 on drug charges related to the possession of heroin. On February 26, Pennsylvania State Police at Honesdale received information that Javitz was in the Honesdale Borough area, having left a court-ordered half-way house in Allentown. Separately, Wayne County Drug Task Force received an anonymnous tip that Zipperlen was dealing heroin in and around Honesdale.

Officials conducted surveillance in several areas of Honesdale Borough. Eventually, the couple drove past one of the surveillance units on East Street. The surveillance unit followed the vehicle until it pulled over. Officers found needles with heroin residue in them and five full bags and five empty bags of heroin.

Javitz and Zipperlen were taken into custody and bail was set at $100,000 for Javitz and $50,000 for Zipperlen, and they were taken to the Wayne County Correctional Facility in lieu of bail.