Chautauqua County charges Corry residents at traffic stop
Two Corry residents are facing a host of charges after drugs, cash and a stolen gun were found during a traffic stop in Chautauqua County, N.Y.
Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputies took Jerry J. Roneker Jr., 42, and Lyndsey A. Sventek, 26, into custody after the stop shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday.
“Deputies made contact with the vehicle occupants and found subjects attempting to conceal narcotics in plain view,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. “Deputies removed the occupants and investigated further.”
Sventek, a passenger in the vehicle, was reportedly found to have an active warrant out of Crawford County. Roneker, who was driving, was allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun found to be stolen from a Warren County residence.
A search of the pair’s vehicle turned up 2 ounces of methamphetamine, a large quantity of MDMA and Xanax pills, heroin, scales, packaging materials and over $10,000 cash, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The two were taken into custody and held in Chautauqua County without bail.
Roneker was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, criminally using drug paraphernalia, failure to keep right and moving from lane unsafely.
Sventek was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.
The Sheriff’s Office said the investigation is ongoing and further charges are expected.