Trending
An area resident who is now serving time at SCI Huntingdon will spend another 8 to 24 months in prison after a contraband incident in the Warren County Prison in 2025.
Joseph Krall, 44, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony conspiracy – contraband/controlled substance in July. He was sentenced recently by President Judge Gregory Hammond in the Court of Common Pleas to 8 to 24 months in prison to run consecutively to a prior sentence of 12 to 24 months of confinement after Krall pleaded guilty to possessing firearms that he was not allowed to own in 2024.
Juanita Krall of Lakewood, N.Y., pleaded guilty to a felony charge of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver while a second-degree felony charge of contraband/controlled substance was not prosecuted. She was sentenced to five years of probation by Judge Todd Woodin in the Court of Common Pleas.
According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed by Warren police, Joseph Krall was an inmate at the Warren County Prison and received a novelty card with four dissolvable suboxone strips. The card was sent to the Warren County Prison with a return address containing a fictitious name of “Juanita Wilcox” and a fake address. The package was later traced back to Juanita Krall.
The prison forwarded recorded phone calls to the Warren police officers, who reviewed the conversations between the Kralls.
“The conversation indicates the intentional delivery and concealment of a controlled substance,” the affidavit states.
Jacqueline Zaner, 38, of Youngsville was sentenced to six months of probation, with credit for 38 days time served, by Judge Woodin after pleading guilty to use/possession of drug paraphernalia. Zaner still faces charges filed in July related to the alleged sale of drugs in Youngsville. She was charged with felony manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, felony conspiracy - manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, third-degree criminal use of a communication facility and intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered.
According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a confidential informant or informants were used to communicate with Richard Crouse and Zaner about obtaining methamphetamine. A controlled buy was set up and the informants were allegedly able to purchase meth from Crouse and Zaner in February and twice in March 2026.
“The defendant did possess methamphetamine and distributed the substance,” the affidavit filed in relation to charges against Crouse stated. “The defendant has two prior convictions for possession with intent to distribute from 2015 and 2018.”
Zaner, according to the affidavit, allegedly spoke with the confidential informants when they inquired about purchasing methamphetamine in late March 2026, allegedly conspiring with Crouse to obtain methamphetamine to sell to the informants.