{"id":284382,"date":"2026-04-24T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:18:08","slug":"california-men-charged-with-drug-trafficking-in-cumberland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284382\/","title":{"rendered":"California men charged with drug trafficking in Cumberland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ charges 2 men from California with drug trafficking in Cumberland County<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRUSH. WHEN THE EMERGENCY MONEY USED TO PAY TSA WORKERS WILL RUN DRY IF CONGRESS DOESN\u2019T TAKE ACTION. FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING, BUT A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SATURDAY. WE\u2019LL SHOW YOU THE TIMING AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE TEN DAY FORECAST. TWO SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TEAMS DOWN AND ONE MORE TO GO. WE\u2019RE LIVE IN LANCASTER AS THE STORMERS RETURN FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. THE TEAM COMING IN LOOKING FOR A WIN AFTER LOSING THE SERIES IN YORK, RECOVERING ALL THE EXCITEMENT AHEAD OF FIRST PITCH. WGL NEWS AT FOUR STARTS NOW. A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF HAVING AND MAKING CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FOUR, EVERYBODY. I\u2019M THIAMIN MAHFOUZ AND I\u2019M JERE GISH NEW. TONIGHT WE\u2019RE LEARNING THIS ALL STARTED WITH A TIP SENT TO WEST EARL TOWNSHIP POLICE FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY\u2019S OFFICE. FROM INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. I WANT TO GO LIVE OUT TO NEWS EIGHT. SARAH. SARAH, YOU\u2019VE BEEN DIGGING INTO THIS SITUATION. YOU ALSO SPOKE TO THE SUSPECT\u2019S EMPLOYER. WHAT DID YOU HEAR? YEAH, WE FOUND OUT THAT ALEXIS ZAYNE, ALSO KNOWN AS A K. ZAYNE, IS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. NOW, ZANE\u2019S FORMER EMPLOYER, A COMPANY CALLED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SERVICE, ACTUALLY CONFIRMED THAT TO ME THIS MORNING. WEST EARL TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THEY STARTED INVESTIGATING IN FEBRUARY AFTER THEY LEARNED A KIK USER UPLOADED A VIDEO SHOWING A MAN AND AN UNDERAGE GIRL HAVING SEX. OFFICERS TRACED THE VIDEO BACK TO THE HOUSE ON EAST JACKSON STREET IN NEW HOLLAND, WHERE POLICE SAY ALEXIS ZAYNE LIVED. POLICE SEARCHED FOR ZANE\u2019S DEVICES. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THEY FOUND MORE THAN A DOZEN VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF NAKED CHILDREN, AND TWO VIDEOS THEY SAY SHOW ZAYNE PERFORMING SEXUAL ACTS ON A THREE YEAR OLD. PROSECUTORS CHARGED ZAYNE ON APRIL 1ST. THEN ONLY A FEW DAYS LATER, ZANE WAS CHARGED AGAIN WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. LANCASTER CITY POLICE SAY ZANE PUSHED A STAFFER AT THE LANCASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL TODAY. THE HR MANAGER OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SERVICE CONFIRMED ZANE\u2019S EMPLOYMENT AND TERMINATION. THEY SAID THE COMPANY REMOVED ZANE IN APRIL WHEN THESE CHARGES WERE FILED. BEFORE THAT, THE HR MANAGER SAYS ZANE ONLY WORKED WITH THE EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW, I DID REACH OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THIS. HE DID INITIALLY SEND ME THIS RESPONSE. IT SAYS, QUOTE, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY INSTANCES IN WHICH A CHILD MAY BE HARMED BY THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER. WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND HOW THEY CAN SHARE ANY INFORMATION THEY MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS INVESTIGATION WITH THE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, I DID FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THIS AFTERNOON. I DID ASK HIM EXACTLY WHAT SCHOOL ZANE WORKED OUT OF, AND WHEN THEY WORKED OUT OF THAT SCHOOL, HE TELLS ME ZANE\u2019S EMPLOYER, THE TEACHING SERVICE, WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO CONFIRM THAT. HE ALSO SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS NOT MADE ANY DECISIONS YET ON FURTHER WORKING WITH THAT SUBSTITUTE TEACHING SERVICE. NOW, ZANE IS BEING HELD HERE AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY PRISON WITHOUT BAIL IN LANCASTER COUNTY. SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. SARAH. THANK YOU. TWO LEBANON COUNTY PARENTS ARE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF THEIR SIX DAY OLD INFANT AND THE MALTREATMENT OF A TODDLER. MARTIN AND CONNIE DIMLER SAY THEY DID NOT GET PRENATAL, BIRTHING OR MEDICAL CARE FOR THEIR CHILD, GIVING BIRTH IN THEIR EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP HOME BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. EVEN THOUGH THE INFANT WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF MEDICAL ISSUES AND HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. LEBANON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS AN AUTOPSY REVEALED IF THE CHILD HAD RECEIVED MINIMAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION, HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. THEY\u2019RE CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN. STATE POLICE SAY THEY LEARNED ANOTHER OLDER CHILD WAS IN CRITICAL NEED OF MEDICAL CARE AND WAS PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF LEBANON COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES. AND RIGHT NOW, TWO ACTIVE ARSON INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE FIRST IN YORK COUNTY. A GARAGE FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE CALLS CAME IN JUST AFTER 2:00 IN THE FIRST BLOCK OF HOLLYWOOD AVENUE NEAR BROADWAY AND HANOVER. DISPATCHERS TOLD WGAL THE FIRE IN THE DETACHED GARAGE CAUSED THE ROOF TO COLLAPSE. A VEHICLE WAS ALSO ON FIRE, FIRE AND ALSO THE HOME NEARBY HAD HEAT DAMAGE. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN IF SOMEONE WAS HURT. HANOVER BOROUGH POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT OR HAS ANY INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM A CALL. AND IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. CARLISLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARSON THAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY ON THE FIRST BLOCK OF KERRS AVENUE. SO WE REACHED OUT TO CARLISLE POLICE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WAS BURNED, IF ANYONE WAS HURT, AND IF THERE\u2019S ANY SUSPECTS OR ARRESTS. WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK. AND IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, A FIRE DESTROYS A CAR ALONG 283, JUST BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. SO JUST BEFORE SIX CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE INCIDENT NEAR THE VINE STREET EXIT, THEY FOUND THE CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN THE GRASSY MEDIAN THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THAT BURNED OUT VEHICLE AND SCORCHED GRASS. NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. LET\u2019S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW OVER HARRISBURG ON THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SUN IS STILL OUT, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN THERE. A REALLY NICE DAY AGAIN TODAY, BUT WE COULD BE IN FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS, MAYBE SOME STORMS TONIGHT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. LET\u2019S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO. MIKE, SEE, THOSE CLOUDS LOOK PRETTY OMINOUS. YEAH. YOU\u2019RE LOOKING TO THE SOUTH THERE ON HARRISBURG, SKY CAM. AND THAT\u2019S BECAUSE THAT\u2019S WHERE WE\u2019RE SEEING SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE RIVER. WE\u2019VE ALREADY BEEN SEEING SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON HERE. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN, MOSTLY WEST OF THE RIVER AT THIS HOUR. LOOKING OUTSIDE THE HARRISBURG, SKY CAM ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE HAVE THOSE RAIN SHOWERS THERE IN THE DISTANCE AND TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW ARE KIND OF RESPONDING A LITTLE BIT TO THAT COOLER AIR FROM THE RAIN 70 IN LEWISTOWN, 72 IN HARRISBURG. BUT STILL, AS OF LAST CHECK, AT LEAST, IT\u2019S BEEN AROUND 84 THERE IN LEBANON. BUT THE SURROUNDING SENSORS ARE A LOT COOLER THAN THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT\u2019S 73 IN LANCASTER, 69 IN YORK. HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TOMORROW WILL BE OUR WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT. MORNING SHOWERS, BUT THEN AFTERNOON RAIN THAT WILL COME ON THROUGH AND THEN A FEW SHOWERS EARLY ON SUNDAY. WE GET A DRY AFTERNOON SUNDAY AND MONDAY\u2019S DRY AS WELL. AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY, WE\u2019LL HAVE MORE SHOWERS COMING IN LATE. HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT THE STORMS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WE WILL DRO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>DOJ charges 2 men from California with drug trafficking in Cumberland County<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:57 PM EDT Apr 24, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo men from California are being charged with drug trafficking offenses in Cumberland County. Video above: Top stories, weather from WGAL News 8. According to the Department of Justice, 28-year-old Jonathan Martinez and 25-year-old Christopher Martinez, both from Adelanto, California, are charged with drug-trafficking in Cumberland County. On Oct. 6, 2025, the DOJ found that both men possessed more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to deliver the drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Pennsylvania State Police investigated the case. The maximum penalty if convicted is life imprisonment.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Two men from California are being charged with drug trafficking offenses in Cumberland County. <\/p>\n<p>Video above: Top stories, weather from WGAL News 8. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Justice, 28-year-old Jonathan Martinez and 25-year-old Christopher Martinez, both from Adelanto, California, are charged with drug-trafficking in Cumberland County. <\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 6, 2025, the DOJ found that both men possessed more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to deliver the drugs. <\/p>\n<p>The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Pennsylvania State Police investigated the case. <\/p>\n<p>The maximum penalty if convicted is life imprisonment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOJ charges 2 men from California with drug trafficking in Cumberland County RUSH. 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