An Exeter Township man with an extensive criminal record was arrested after a law enforcement team raided his home and found a large amount of drugs, packaging equipment and cash indicative of a drug-trafficking operation, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Early Wednesday, members of the Berks County Drug Task Force \u2014in partnership with the Reading Police Department vice unit, federal Drug Enforcement Administration and Exeter police \u2014 served a search warrant at the residence of Adalberto Acevedo Jr. in the first block of Overlook Drive.<\/p>\n
Officers seized 4 pounds of marijuana, a stash of cocaine and 15 firearms he isn\u2019t legally permitted to have due to his criminal record, authorities announced Thursday. Also confiscated was $37,333, they said.<\/p>\n
Acevedo, 39, was committed to Berks County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail following arraignment Wednesday night before District Judge Andrea J. Book in Reading Central Court.<\/p>\n
The district attorney\u2019s detectives, along with Reading police, charged Acevedo with two counts of possessing and intending to deliver a controlled substance and eight counts of possessing a firearm while prohibited.<\/p>\n
According to investigators:<\/p>\n
Along with the marijuana, officers found about 2 ounces of cocaine, five digital scales containing drug residue, and assorted bags used to package cocaine and marijuana.<\/p>\n
They also confiscated nine handguns and six rifles along with assorted ammunition for the firearms of various calibers.<\/p>\n
Court records indicated Acevedo has served two stints in the county jail for convictions in theft cases, including a 2006 felony count of receiving stolen property to which he pleaded guilty. The felony conviction bars him from having firearms in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe seizure of large quantities of illegal drugs and 15 firearms from a convicted felon demonstrates the outstanding work being performed every day by the Berks County Drug Task Force and our law enforcement partners,\u201d District Attorney John T. Adams said in a release. \u201cDrug traffickers often arm themselves to protect their criminal enterprises, creating an increased danger to our communities. Today\u2019s enforcement action removed dangerous narcotics, illegal firearms, and the profits of drug trafficking from our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
The investigation continues, he said, inviting anyone with relevant information to contact the county detectives at 610-478-7171.<\/p>\n
Anonymous tips may also be submitted to Crime Alert Berks County by calling 877-373-9913; downloading the ALERTBERKS mobile app; or texting ALERTBERKS followed by your tip to 847411.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Exeter Township man with an extensive criminal record was arrested after a law enforcement team raided his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,202,1411,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-250406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-exeter-township","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}