Kunkletown man admits to drug dealing charge, facing jail time

A Kunkletown man admitted to a drug-dealing charge on Monday afternoon in Carbon County court and was told he faces a prison term at the time of sentencing.

Rock Eagle Acevedo, 44, appeared before Judge Steven R. Serfass to enter a plea to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, heroin.

He was arrested after agents of the state Attorney General’s office and members of the county drug task force executed a search warrant at a home in the 1100 block of Broadview Drive in Jim Thorpe on March 7. The police report indicated that the drug task force members received information that Acevedo was dealing drugs out of the residence. Found in the home was 750 packets of fentanyl, marijuana and handguns.

Prior to obtaining the search warrant, police conducted surveillance and spoke with confidential informants about possible drug activity at the Broadview Drive address and another address on Center Avenue.

When police searched the Broadview Drive address, they allegedly found 610 packets containing what they believe to be heroin or fentanyl in the master bedroom bathroom.

Another 140 packets were found in the kitchen. The packets were stamped “Playboy” with a rabbit logo. Many were sorted into packs of 50, which is known as a “brick,” police said.

Police also located 21.7 grams of marijuana, a hash brownie and THC oil.

Inside the master bedroom closet, police found two firearms — a .45-caliber and a .22-caliber. A .38-caliber was located in another closet.

Officers also located $1,105 in a dresser in the master bedroom.

Acevedo was originally charged with eight criminal counts including three counts of a person not to possess a firearm and one count each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of marijuana. In a plea bargain with the district attorney’s office, those charges were dropped.

Serfass told Acevedo that under state sentencing guidelines he faces a minimum prison term of between six and 12 months on the charge. The length of the prison term is up to the judge.

Serfass deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.