16 charged after yearlong undercover drug investigation

Law enforcement cracked down on alleged drug dealers yesterday in a sweep that netted 16 arrests of Elizabethtown and other area residents after a joint one-year undercover operation by Pennsylvania State Police and the Elizabethtown, Mount Joy Borough and Northwest Regionaal police departments.

Borough police joined the PSP Fugitive Task Force, the PSP K-9 unit, Northwest Lancaster County Regional Police and Mount Joy Borough Police to serve arrest warrants. They were assisted by Columbia Borough Police and the York County Sheriff's Office.

Police arrested the following individuals:

• Jeffrey Myers, 37, of Elizabethtown, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP. He was arraigned before District Judge Jayne Duncan and was released on $50,000 unsecured bail.
• Elizabeth M. Myers, 36, of Elizabethtown, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP. Myers was arraigned before District Judge Jayne Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
• Robert J. Mick Jr., 30, of Conoy Township, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance and one felony count of criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance by Elizabethtown Police. Mick was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.
• Joni Lynn Robinson, 53, of Mount Joy Township, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP. Robinson was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
• Kierston E. Marvel, 25, of Elizabethtown, charged with one Felony count of Delivery of a controlled substance and one felony count of criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance by Elizabethtown Police. She was arraigned before and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.
• Melinda L. LeFever, 59, of Lititz, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by Elizabethtown Police. LeFever was arraigned before Duncan and committed Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
• George Manuel Maldonado, 26, of Columbia, Pa., charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by Northwest Regional Police. He was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail. Also pending are additional charges by PSP for felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and felony possession of a stolen firearm resulting from police discovery of a stolen handgun and 30 bags of heroin in Maldonado's possession at the time of his arrest.
• Brandon M. Smith, 27, of Columbia, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance and one summary driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked by Mount Joy Police. Smith was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.
• Phillip James Hayhurst, 23, of Elizabethtown, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by Northwest Regional Police. Hayhurst was arraigned before Duncan. and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.
• Jason M. Neiss, 27, of Elizabethtown, charged with one felony count of burglary and one misdemeaner count of terroristic threats by Northwest Regional Police. Neiss was arraigned before Duncan and released on $25,000 unsecured bail.
• Diane E. Espenshade, 40, of West Donegal Township, charged with two felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP. Espenshade was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
• Terri Lynn Kaylor, 33, of Bainbridge, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by Elizabethtown Police. Kaylor was arraigned before Duncan and was released on $10,000 unsecured bail.
• Rachel Ann Simms, 33, of Columbia, charged with two felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP. Simms was arraigned before Duncan and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.
• Joseph Lee Hess, 45, of Maytown, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance and one felony count of criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance by Elizabethtown Police. Hess was arraigned before District Judge David Brian and was released on $15,000 unsecured bail.
• Amanda L. Spayd, 25, of Mount Joy, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by PSP and one count of felony endangering the welfare of children by Northwest Regional Police. Spayd was arraigned before District Judge Jayne Duncan and was released on $50,000 unsecured bail.
• Taidje B. Mullen, 27, of York, charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance by Northwest Regional Police. Mullen was arraigned before District Judge Jayne Duncan and was released on $25,000 unsecured bail. 

Police said there is a remaining outstanding arrest warrant for Felony Delivery of a controlled substance against Jodi L. Pitts, age 45, of Mount Joy.