Drug Raid at South Side Home Nets 2 Arrests

Bethlehem police raided a South Side home early Tuesday morning and arrested a man and a woman on multiple felony drug charges, law enforcement officials said.

Police brought a search warrant to 1135½ E. Third St., the home of Ramon A. Headley, 29, and Desiree Helena Bostic, 24, as a result of an investigation into illegal narcotics sales, police said. The raid and search was done at a little after 6 a.m.

Inside, police found quantities of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, police said. A child, the daughter of Headley and Bostic, was also inside the home and had the cocaine and ecstasy within her reach, according to an arrest affidavit.

Police also found a .38-caliber pistol, cash, drug paraphernalia, gang-related paraphernalia, cell phones and marijuana seeds, the affidavit says.

Headley and Bostic were each charged with four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy, endangering the welfare of children and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Headley was also charged with criminal use of a communications facility (cell phone) and criminal possession of a firearm. The affidavit says that Headley had pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge made by Pennsylvania State Police in 2009 and is therefore not allowed to have a firearm.

Headley and Bostic were both arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos-Gonzalez, who sent both to Northampton County Prison in lieu of bail. Bail for Headley was set at $250,000. For Bostic, bail was set at $125,000.