N.Y. man charged in area drug bust

A 28-year-old New York City man who was part of a large-scale drug ring in Pottsville and Saint Clair was arrested Tuesday with cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana, police said. Pottsville police Cpl. Dennis Wiederhold said Zachary Guichard of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arraigned on charges of possession of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver controlled substances, delivery of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wiederhold also said the investigation was continuing and additional arrests are expected. Guichard was committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $75,000 straight cash bail set by on-call Magisterial District Judge Carol A. Pankake, Tremont. Wiederhold said officers were called to 512 N. Centre St., Pottsville, for a drug-related incident and found marijuana and a large supply of packaging materials inside Apartment 2E. At the scene, the corporal said officers learned from interviews that marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine and methamphetamine were being sold from the apartment. The interviews also provided information that a large-scale drug distribution ring was selling from the apartment as well as several others both in Pottsville and Saint Clair, police said.