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Charged Rafael A. "Benny" Rivera, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with three counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.

Charged Rafael A. "Benny" Rivera, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with three counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.He had already been charged Thursday with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and criminal use of a communications facility. The new charges doubled his bail to $400,000. Rivera, Kailey R. Radnor, 20, of Zullinger and Joshua D. Gage, 28, Waynesboro, had their preliminary hearings postponed to March 24 in Franklin County Central Court, to give them time to consult lawyers. The preliminary hearing for the fourth suspect, Heather N. Manning, is scheduled for April 14. The Waynesboro Police officer assigned to the drug task force filed the charges on every suspect, but waited until Monday to file the charges against Manning. The drug task force identified Rivera as the supplier of large amounts of heroin into the area. Though he lives in New York, he allegedly shared a residence with Radnor on Zana Court in Washington Township. Investigators found more than 1,200 small bags of heroin, some cocaine and marijuana and $4,500 in cash in the home. The drug task force did not know the approximate weight of the heroin recovered. Each packet, which sells on the street for $20 to $30, could be one or several doses, depending on the user, according to information obtained from the drug task force.
Before they located the residence, a confidential informant told investigators that some of Rivera's associates learned of his arrest and planned to come from New York to take over his business.
Radnor, who was driving Rivera when the task force arrested him, was charged with criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a small amount of marijuana. She is in Franklin County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. Investigators learned of Rivera and Radnor's involvement after finding $660 worth of heroin at the home of Gage and Manning. Both were charged with possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance. Manning's two small children were present at the time of the search. The drug task force was assisted by Waynesboro Police Department in the investigation. Officers from Chambersburg Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police's K-9 unit assisted with the search warrant raids on the two residences on Thursday and Friday.
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