Finders Keepers, Keepers ... Arrested

If you stumble on an unattended envelope filled with cash at the Sands Bethlehem Casino, remember, it’s not yours to keep.

Anh Huu Nguyen found this out the hard way on Monday afternoon.

According to the state police gaming office in Bethlehem, Nguyen found an envelope on the floor of the casino that contained $240. She picked it up, took it to the ladies room, then went on with her day of gambling.

Two-and-a-half hours later, state police picked Nguyen up and charged her with theft of property that had been lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake, as well as receiving stolen property, according to court papers.

It turned out that the money belonged to a Katherine Berry, who reported to the casino that she had dropped the envelope at about noon. Surveillance video confirmed that, caught Nguyen picking up her unexpected windfall and confirmed that she was still on the floor gambling at 2:30 p.m., the arrest warrant says.

For her part, Nguyen, 47, of Lawrence, Mass., told the police that the envelope was empty, but they still threw her in the cooler, er, Northampton County Prison. District Judge Patricia Romig-Passaro set her bail at $15,000.

Charged with Selling Counterfeit Heroin at Burger King

A Bath man is in prison on multiple drug charges after a confidential police informant made a buy of what turned out to be counterfeit heroin on Monday evening, according to court papers.

Daniel J. Preziosi, 21, of Bath, agreed to meet the police informant and did so in the men’s room at the Burger King on Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem at a little before 7 p.m., according his arrest warrant.

The informant paid Freziosi $175 and Freziosi gave the informant 20 wax packages, which ostensibly contained heroin, court papers say.

As it turned out, there was no heroin in the bags. However, after Colonial Regional Police later detained Freziosi, they found five wax packs that did contain heroin, court records say.

Freziosi was charged with delivery of a counterfeit controlled substance, possession and possession with intent to deliver heroin and criminal use of a communications facility. After he was preliminarily arraigned before District Judge Patricia Romig-Passaro, he was committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $30,000 bail.