East, which allowed only seven goals in its first 26 matches this spring, gave up three in the first 11 minutes and went on to numbing 5-0 loss to North in the semifinals of the Class 4-A girls soccer playoffs.

North (20-3-2) will play Wilmington Hoggard for the state championship on Saturday at 7 p.m. at N.C. State. Shell-shocked East, in the semifinals for the second time in four years, finished 23-3-1.

“I feel like if we play the game five more times you wouldn’t see that kind of result, but it doesn’t matter,” said Coach Chad Lorentz of East. “Over the last two rounds they have been extremely good, they have finished chances and they are rolling. “They are not dirty, they just work hard. They beat us in one-on-one battles everywhere on the field all night.

“They just beat us. They beat us in every facet of the game. Effort, tactically, coaching.”

Just three minutes into the match, Morgan Byrne, a speedy left wing for North, Butterfly key ring a 25-yard shot that went off the head of East defender Carson Williams, ricocheted off the crossbar and fell to the feet of Katherine Rusk, who finished off the goal from close range.

East had a couple of chances in the next few minutes, but North struck again. This time, Byrne played a give-and-go with Rusk down the left side. Byrne slipped behind the defense to gather the pass from Rusk and beat East keeper Megan Roberson in the right side of the net. That marked the first time this season East had allowed more than one goal in a game.

Thirty seconds later, Byrne hit a cross from the left side, and Allison Stearns poked in a shot from the back post.

East had several great chances to score in the first half but couldn’t make it happen. Taylor Dulaney got a one-on-one with the North keeper, but Emily Rusk blocked the shot, and Tyler Wilkerson ripped a shot off the post.

But it was 4-0 and all but over at halftime. Stearns scored the second of her three goals in the 29th minute with a 20-yard shot, and she added another in the second half, off a cross from Hannah Robinson.

“We have been playing well in the first 10 minutes of every playoff game, quite Snowflake pendant,” said Coach Neil Roberts of North Meck. “Against Providence, Porter Ridge and even Roberson in the first three rounds, we just weren’t finishing them. We started finishing them against Lake Norman and it was more of the same tonight.

“And we are creating good chances. I wouldn’t say they are easy chances, but good chances.”

Lorentz watched North beat Lake Norman 5-1 last weekend.

“A lot of the things I saw were things I saw against Lake Norman,” Lorentz said. “They just finish at an incredible rate. Obviously in the first 11 minutes of the game they had three goals, but 25 minutes into the game they had four shots and three goals, and we had three good chances and we scored none.

“We did not come out well. I thought our forwards and midfielders didn’t get any kind of pressure on them. They looked hesitant to get into the game and I thought in the back we were real disorganized. But I think I need to take responsibility for that. We were not very good in the Love Locket and Chain.”

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“Red, definitely red,” said Maureen McDonnell, wife of Gov. Bob McDonnell, as she Tiffany Bangles in the great room of White Hall Vineyards, a small glass of viognier — a crisp, fruity white wine — in her hand.

“I’ve always preferred red wine and even more so when I learned about the natural chemicals — resveratrol — that help fight disease and keep your heart healthy.”

If she loves red wine, why was she sipping a white?

“Viognier is a wonderful wine and Virginia viogniers are being recognized around the world,” said Lisa Champ, sales manager for White Hall. “It’s also known as the white wine for people who prefer red.”

McDonnell joined Todd Schneider, chef at the Governor’s Mansion, Todd Haymore, state secretary for agriculture and forestry and assorted business leaders, wine industry officials and news reporters on a Friday bus tour of Central Virginia wineries. The entourage stopped at Jefferson Vineyards and Veritas Vineyards before finishing up at White Hall.

The trip was part of McDonnell’s First Lady’s Initiatives Team Effort program that Tiffany Key Rings on calling attention to preventive health and wellness programs, economic development and opportunity for military families and for women.

“When Bob was inaugurated I knew that I wanted to help Virginia businesses receive national and global attention,” she said. “I also wanted to find ways to let Virginians know of the great products within their own state.”

Friday’s tour was to call attention to the state’s award-winning wine industry and local products, McDonnell said.

“For some time we lived in California and we really enjoyed the wines out there,” she said. “When we came back to Virginia, we found the wine industry just beginning and some good wines being made. Now there are so many world-class wines produced in the state that we want others to hear about them.”

McDonnell said studies showing that resveratrol helps fight cancer and heart disease made the trip fit in with her hopes of promoting a healthy lifestyle, as well.

“What could be better than something that tastes good being good for you?” she asked.

For Schneider, the trip was a chance to learn more about vintners’ products and ways to discount tiffany Virginia wines with locally grown food.

“We try to serve local foods with local wines, and I like to find new combinations,” he said. “We try a lot of new things.”

Tony Champ, who owns White Hall Vineyards with his wife, Edie, said he appreciated the first lady and crew dropping by.

“What it shows me is that this administration is serious about helping local industry,” Champ said. “It would be great to call more local attention to Virginia’s wines. In California, people tend to drink more California wines but we don’t seem to do the same in Virginia. Efforts like this could help change that.”

Shaniya Sullivan, 3, died late Tuesday at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center. Her death is being investigated as suspicious pending the results of an autopsy, expected to be released today, Toledo police Sgt. Phil Toney said.

Initial reports from rescue personnel said the burns were consistent with those caused by scalding water. No one was charged in the death yesterday.

“A lot is going to depend on the coroner’s report,” Capt. Ray Carroll said.

The girl’s grandmother, Cecelia Streeter, said the death was the result of an accident that Tiffany Bracelets as Shaniya’s 11-year-old sister left the child alone in the bathtub. She said an uncle was in another room watching television.

“Nobody did this to my baby. It was an accident,” Ms. Streeter said, sobbing. “They put the blame on my daughter; they’re wrong.”

Shaniya had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and was unable to walk, Ms. Streeter said. A neighbor said the girl would “scoot” when she played outside with her siblings.

Shaniya was “always smiling at everyone,” her grandmother said.

Rescue crews were called to 2819 F St. about 8:35 p.m. to check the safety of a child and found the girl on the floor in cardiorespiratory arrest.

The child was being bathed by her 11-year-old sister and her friend because Shaniya had “messed herself,” Ms. Streeter said. The mother, Latoya “TT” Sullivan, was out shopping, Ms. Streeter said.

Ms. Sullivan declined to comment.

Ms. Streeter said the children were taught how “to help each other, to take care of each Tiffany Pendants.”

The older children left the room to get a towel, leaving Shaniya in the bathtub that was filling with bubbles and lukewarm water. Shaniya then turned on the hot water, apparently lost her balance, hit her head, and went under the water, Ms. Streeter said.

Nobody heard any screams or cries, she added.

The older children discovered the unresponsive girl and ran screaming out of the house in opposite directions, witnesses said.

A neighbor across the street, Teresa Ratliff, 29, said she went in and found Shaniya in the bathtub. The water was cold by the time she got there, she said. “I saw her floating in a tub full of water. I grabbed her and took her,” Ms. Ratliff said.

The scene became chaotic and emotional, and at least two of Shaniya’s family members were arrested after being accused of assaulting a police officer who was trying get the girl into an ambulance. Robert M. Johnson, 16, who Ms. Streeter identified as her grandson, and Donald Benton, 35, were taken into custody.

Five of Shaniya’s six siblings, ages 1 to 16, were taken into protective custody yesterday by Lucas County Children Services, Executive Director Dean Sparks said. The children will remain with relatives temporarily until a juvenile court judge determines whether they may be returned to their mother’s custody, Mr. Sparks said. The mother is free to contact and visit them.

“We have had contact with this family in the past, but not for a couple of years, and Tiffany Earrings not for anything like this,” Mr. Sparks said, adding that placement in foster care “is our last resort in any situation.”

Shaniya’s father, Stephen Sims, sat on the front porch of Ms. Streeter’s home on St. John Avenue, his eyes red and wet, with a cigarette hanging from his fingers. He said little, but expressed regret Shaniya’s mother wasn’t with her when the child was pronounced dead. “I can’t believe they didn’t let her get in that ambulance. She should have been in that ambulance with her baby,” Mr. Sims said.

Catalog Merchandiser monitored almost 75,000 jewelry offerings in the catalog marketplace in the past year, covering 1,541 editions from 160 leading catalogers. Of these, jewelry catalogs (not surprisingly) featured half of all jewelry and accessory offerings (51.3%), followed by gift books at 33%, apparel catalogs at 8.5% and general merchandise catalogs at 6.6%.

Though jewelry books offer the widest selection of this merchandise, more apparel and gift books are carrying it. Women’s apparel catalogers increased jewelry offerings to 13.7% during spring 1994, up from 8.3% in spring 1993. Jos. A. Bank for Women, Nicole Summers, Lane Bryant and I. Magnin highlight jewelry and accessories that coordinate with their clothing offerings.

Among the books devoted to jewelry, the market tends to split into two primary segments: fine jewelry and fashion jewelry. In general, fashion jewelry catalogs carry more pages and offer merchandise at substantially lower prices. The segment includes such titles as the new Art of Adornment (see profile below), Nature’s Jewelry and Museum of Jewelry. The average item price for fashion jewelry in 1993 was $42.68. Fashion jewelry catalogs averaged 65 pages with a total of 3,712 square inches.

By comparison, in such fine jewelry catalogs as Tiffany, American Express and Ross Simons, the average item cost was $843.81 during 1993. Fine jewelry catalogs tend to be considerably smaller than their less-expensive counterparts at 35 pages, with an average of 2,440 square inches. In addition to high-end jewelry, these catalogs are also more likely to offer china and other gift items as well.

FASHION JEWELRY DRIVES PRICING

The big shift in the jewelry market over the past year is toward lower prices. The average cost of items offered in jewelry catalogs during 1993 was $358.86, down 18.6% from $440.75 in 1992. More than 60% of all jewelry items were offered for less than $50 in 1993, up slightly from 55% in 1992. Items priced more than $300 were 16% of offerings in 1993, down from 20% in 1992.

This price trend is driven by an increase in the offering of fashion jewelry. Among all the editions we reviewed, fashion earrings were 19% of jewelry offerings in 1993, up from 15.2% in 1992. Fashion rings were up from 2.8% in 1992 to 8.4% in 1993, and fashion bracelets were up from 4.4% in ’92 to 9.1% in ’93. At the same time, prices of high-end jewelry dropped. The average price of fine bracelets, for example, dropped from $1,300 to $1,156.18 and fine earrings fell from $870.67 to $600.27.

Prices were further affected by promotional activities, most of which reflect trends seen throughout the catalog market: fewer individual sale items and a greater reliance on event promotions. While individual price promotions were offered on less than 10% of jewelry offerings last year, most major mailers offered some form of incentive program. Nature’s Jewelry, Ross Simons and Adco Earrings Plus, for example, were among those offering clearance sales with significant price discounts. American Express, Macy’s and Lewis and Roberts offered payment plan incentives, such as deferred billing, extended payment and no finance charges. And Diamond Essence, Smyth and Lord and Taylor offered free gifts and prizes.

Katherine Moreau is publisher of CATALOG AGE’s Catalog Merchandiser, a marketing and merchandise data analysis service in Katonah, NY.

Bracelets engraved with “Until They All Come Home” were passed out to everyone close by at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here Jan. 21.

The plastic yellow bracelets serve as a symbol of patriotism as well as a symbol of thanks and support to the troops, according to their producer, Joe Spano Jr.

He collaborated on the bracelet idea with Marine Corps mom Elizabeth Johnston. Her son, Lance Cpl. Joseph C. Paul served in Iraq in 2003.

In a touching moment before he deployed in January 2003, Paul, now in the Marine Corps tiffany jewelry Reserve, said he told her, “Mom, just support all of us.”

Johnston, of Longview, Wash., promised she would. In February 2003, she founded Mothers of Military Support, known as M.O.M.S., a non-profit organization to support troops and their families during deployment.

Spano, president of Buy-Rite Inc., said he was so overwhelmed after reading about Johnston and her son on the M.O.M.S. website that he wanted to do something to support the troops too. So he called Johnston and told her he wanted to produce a bracelet with the words “Until They All Come Home.”

During his Jan. 21 Walter Reed visit to distribute the bracelets, Spano said Johnston’s words “promised her son, Joe, that she would continue to help the service men and women until they all come home.”

“Although that was not a tag line, I saw it as one,” Spano noted. “I thought it just had a great ring to it. I think for someone to wear that on their wrist and see it every day is a reminder that they’re not all home yet and it’s going to be a long time before they are and let’s not forget about them. It’s too easy in our prosperity here to forget.”

Armed with two large boxes of the yellow plastic wristbands, Spano said his mission to Washington was to attend to the “real important issue … to get the message out.”

“Right now, Iraq and Afghanistan are in the media every day, but there’s going to come a day where something else is going to happen,” he said. “And all of a sudden we forget very quickly, especially here in America where we have so much happening around us every day that it’s very simple to forget people out there protecting us and allowing us to have those successes and prosperities in this country.

“My interest in doing these bracelets came from Elizabeth,” he emphasized. “She comes to any conversation on any topic and it comes right back down to a discussion about our men and women in the military. Her passion for that is absolutely intoxicating, and you can just not help but want to help out in some way, if at all possible.”

“Let’s remember the troops, he added, “until they all come home.”

At Walter Reed’s physical therapy department, Spano gave a bracelet to Army Spc. Joey Banegas, bracelets 22, of Hatch, N.M., who was wounded in Afghanistan on Oct. 14.

“I’d seen people with them, but I wasn’t sure of what they were,” said Banegas, who was serving with the 25th Infantry Division. “It’s good that people recognize and realize that the troops are out there and are actually waiting for them to come home,” he noted. “It shows that we have a lot more support than we expected to have in the beginning.

“It makes you feel good inside because it shows that you’re appreciated and that people respect you for doing what you do.”

Tammy Johnson, mother of Army Spc. Chad Johnson, 21, of Lockhart, Texas, said, “I haven’t seen these bracelets before, but I have mine now.”

As she put the yellow plastic bracelet on her left wrist, she noted “this means that somebody is looking out for our soldiers and they really care. If our soldiers over there know that we really care, they can do their job a lot better and maybe protect themselves more and come home to us.”

Her son arrived at Walter Reed on Oct. 9 from Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center. He had served with the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq.

The bracelets represent support to the troops, he said, and are “a consistent reminder when you look at it on your wrist to remember where you are, where you live and who supports the freedom.”

“When Joe approached me about doing the bracelets,” M.O.M.S’ Johnston noted, “he said he believes in M.O.M.S., and that working as a team would be much more powerful than working separately to show our support for the troops nationally.”

She said Spano’s company has produced 480,000 bracelets. Spano explained that M.O.M.S. gets 10 percent cufflinks of all proceeds and he also contributes funds personally to support the troops. “This has become a personal passion for him,” she noted.

M.O.M.S. has sent hundreds of “care packs” to servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each 1-gallon plastic bag is loaded with such things as lip balm, phone cards, disposable cameras, beef jerky, anti-bacterial soap, dental floss, music CDs, playing cards and a host of other items.

NAME OF PRODUCT: Children’s Charm Bracelets and “Sportswear” Necklaces

UNITS: About 900,000

IMPORTER: Cardinal Distributing Co., of Baltimore, Md.

HAZARD: The paint on this jewelry contains high levels of lead. bracelets Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

INCIDENTS/INJURIES: None reported.

DESCRIPTION: The recalled necklaces have sports-themed pendants including blue or green basketballs, yellow stars, “01,” and “Perfect 10.” The pendants hang from a black cord. The bracelets include green or pink painted heart-shaped charms and silver-colored charms shaped as suns, moons, stars, padlocks, keys, rattles, and fishbones.

SOLD IN: Vending machines located in malls, discount, department and grocery cufflinks stores nationwide from January 2006 through April 2007 for 25 cents.

MANUFACTURED IN: India

REMEDY: Consumers should immediately take the recalled necklaces and charm bracelets away from children and discard them.

CONSUMER CONTACT: For additional information, contact Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc. at (800) 368-2062 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.vendingdepot.com.

Ridgdell was named winner of the 49th annual Miss Northwestern – Lady of the Bracelet Scholarship Pageant held Friday in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium at Northwestern State University. A senior theatre major from Sorrento, Ridgdell received more than $6,000 in scholarships and prizes and will represent Northwestern in the Miss Louisiana Pageant.

Ridgdell is the daughter of Lori and Kennie Ridgdell. A member of Alpha Omicron Pi, she is a member of the Student Theatre Organization, the Order of Omega, Gamma Sigma Alpha and Rho Lambda. She was first runner up in last year’s Miss Northwestern – Lady of the Bracelet Pageant. When Ridgdell was announced as the winner, she looked as much relieved as excited.

“This year was more nerve wracking than last year,” said Ridgdell. “Last year, I entered for fun, but this year I wanted to win. After the evening gown competition, one of the people backstage said to me ‘It’s over, you can relax now.’ But then I was shaking. Everyone was sitting down and I was walking around because I was so nervous.”

Nicole Rogerson of Austin, Texas, was first runner up and Carley McCord of tiffany rings Baton Rouge was second runner up. Ridgdell won the talent and evening wear competition as well as the Liz Carroll People’s Choice Award presented to the audience’s top choice in the talent competition.

“Last year, I came to the realization after being named first runner up that I could win a scholarship pageant,” said Ridgdell. “It opened my eyes. I spent a lot of time talking to (2007 winner) Corinna (Harwood) and observing her. I went to Miss Louisiana and fell in love with the title of Miss Northwestern – Lady of the Bracelet and what it represents. I have a lot of pride in Northwestern and there’s no better way to show it than by holding this title and representing the university.”

Her platform issues are the Children’s Miracle Network, the official national platform for the Miss America Organization, and Push America.

Push America was founded in 1977 by Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity with the purpose of instilling lifelong service in its members and enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. Push America has grown into a nationwide organization with numerous programs educating undergraduates, alumni, and communities about the abilities of people with disabilities.

Ridgdell got involved with Push America through friends in Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

“Once I met some members of Pi Kappa Phi and saw the work they do, I fell in love with all it stands for. It was easy to pick that as a platform issue,” said Ridgdell, who has overcome dyslexia to become a President’s List and Dean’s List student. “I have some idea of what they went through because I know what it’s like tiffany bracelets to be different and not be able to do what others can do.”

Ridgdell has participated with members of Beta Omicron chapter at NSU as they have worked with the Natchitoches Association of Retarded Citizens. She has an ambitious program planned for this fall to raise funds for Push America.

“I’d like to do something called ‘Rock n Roll for Life’ which will be similar to the Relay for Life,” she said. “People will go around the track in wheelchairs and get pledges for how many laps they can do. We’ll have bands playing in the infield and events to make it a lot of fun.”

Ridgdell will use her scholarships to begin graduate school at NSU next fall. She wants to earn a master’s in education and teach theatre someday.

“My goal is to perform on Broadway or on the West End (in London), but I would like to be able to teach theatre to children,” she said. “I’ve taught theatre to children in the summer for several years and one summer when I couldn’t do it I cried. Then I realized how much I enjoyed teaching.”

Ridgdell said she doesn’t have much time to enjoy the win and will soon begin preparing for the tiffany cufflinks Miss Louisiana Pageant.Contact: David West, 318/357-6466, west@nsula.edu.

In keeping with its tradition of creative vision and high-quality craftsmanship, silver bangles Treasured Memories has introduced the new pendants, with innovative openwork design, that can be worn separately or with its popular bracelets. The heart, square-cushion, and circle of life pendants securely hold keepsakes, such as a lock of hair, inserted through a small opening in their slender tubular frame that is easily closed with the provided screw and key. The stylized geometric shapes are paired with a black silk cord to achieve a classic simplicity that complements both professional and casual attire.

Commenting on the new design, Mr. John Pink, Managing Director, Treasured Memories, said, “We introduced the ‘Jewelry that Keeps a Secret(R)’ collection almost a decade ago for fashion-conscious consumers who want to privately keep special memories close to them during their daily lives. Our customers enjoy being silver rings able to stop in the middle of a busy day and touch the pendant containing a memento, such as sand pebbles from their honeymoon beach. Keepsakes don’t have to be conversation pieces. Sometimes you want to be the only one who knows the contents of your heart.”

Mr. Pink added, “By providing items that offer graceful discretion, silver bracelets Treasured Memories has added an entirely new dimension to the keepsake jewelry market. As far as I know, there are no similar designs that exist today.”

A look at other communities with similar programs revealed they, too, needed more jail space regardless of the devices’ successes.

Lee County Board of Supervisors last year approved a plan to enlarge the crowded Tupelo-Lee County Adult Jail. The 202-bed facility stays full nearly every day of the year and often houses more prisoners than it should, sparking complaints and lawsuits.

Although the board has yet to decide on a final plan, the jail will either double or triple tiffany cufflinks in size, take two years to build and cost taxpayers between $6 million to $12 million.

In the meantime, Sheriff Jim Johnson wants to launch a program that will strap electronic monitoring ankle bracelets on nonviolent offenders instead of sending them to jail.

When Johnson first pitched the program in March, he said about half the current inmates would qualify. But during a recent interview with the Daily Journal, the sheriff modified that estimate to “only a very minimum number of people who will be eligible.”

“I don’t want anybody to think that, ‘Oh, we can get those ankle bracelets, and we don’t have to add on to the jail,’” Johnson said. “They’ll be an element I’ll be able to use to prevent us from getting into the situation we’re in now. It’s not the solution.”

The program under consideration involves a Tupelo-based company called ADAPTS Electronic Monitoring tiffany money clips, which would supply the ankle bracelets and do the monitoring through its two support companies.

Two types of bracelets are available: One tracks a person’s movements; the other detects alcohol through the person’s sweat. Law-enforcement and court officials could check the monitoring records online. Offenders selected for the program pay roughly $12 a day for their own bracelets and monitoring. That’s compared to about $25 a day to house a person in jail.

“They could be used in a situation where you have an individual who is out here working, providing for their family and for whatever reason they go to jail, incarcerated for some crime,” Johnson said. “Instead of waiting in jail for court for months on end, losing their job, not contributing to society, those types of people could be monitored with a bracelet, still work and then come to court.”

Van Hopkins, chief executive officer of ADAPTS, said he believes it can significantly reduce Lee County’s jail population. If nothing else, he said, “it has the potential to … postpone an expansion by depopulating the jail.”

But other communities haven’t avoided such a fate. Athens, Ga., which recently started using electronic bracelets, plans to levy a local option sales tax to expand its 375-bed jail, said Athens-Clarke Court Administrator T.J. BeMent.

And Kane County, Ill., which has used the devices for a decade, opened a new 640-bed jail last year to accommodate its growing prisoner population, said Jeff Jefko, deputy director with the Kane County Probation Department.

“You might be able to delay the inevitable,” BeMent opined, “but as for the pie-in-the-sky dream of not having to expand, I tiffany pendants doubt it.”

Still, both communities have benefited. BeMent said he wants to enlarge his nascent program from 15-25 monitored offenders to roughly 50 people at any given time.

“Cost avoidance is cost savings,” he said.

Officials in Kane County know about that. They shaved $1.4 million from their annual budget last year by electronically monitoring 188 defendants instead of housing them in jail.

“A successful EM program will pay for itself, will show a savings to the county because it will reduce the number of days you have defendants sitting in your jail,” Jefko said. “Will it stop you from building a new jail? It didn’t stop us from building a new jail.”

Contact Emily Le Coz at (662) 678-1588 or emily.lecoz@djournal.com.

Five men were charged today by state narcotics agents with participating in a $1 million cocaine tiffany and co ring that stretched from Delaware County and Philadelphia to State College.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation, known as “Operation Rhoade Block,” began in January 2009 and focused on the distribution of several hundred ounces of cocaine in the State College area.

Evidence and testimony regarding the alleged drug activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended the criminal charges being filed today.

Agents estimate that this group of suspects was responsible for bringing approximately $1 million dollars worth of cocaine into the Centre County area since 2008, and that since the investigation began in 2009, the organization distributed approximately 20 pounds of cocaine. According to the grand jury, Andre Spangler and Brian King, both of Media, Delaware County, delivered cocaine to local dealers in the Centre County area, identified as James Losch and Edwin Rhoades, who distributed the drugs to other Centre County residents.

According to the grand jury, Losch and Rhoades received multiple ounces of cocaine at a time. Losch tiffany bangles and Rhoades allegedly received deliveries in State College, but also traveled to Harrisburg or Delaware County to purchase cocaine for re-distribution in the Centre County area. The grand jury found that Spangler used rental vehicles to make his cocaine deliveries to State College.

As the investigation progressed, court-authorized wiretaps were approved to determine the scope of the organization and help identify suppliers.

Corbett said that Hasan Bradley, of New Jersey, was identified as one of Spangler’s main cocaine suppliers.

According to the grand jury, the wiretaps revealed that Bradley and Spangler talked regularly and often discussed cocaine transactions, cocaine quality, “cutting” cocaine, prices, or troubles acquiring cocaine because of its popularity.

Corbett said that Bradley and Spangler referred to cocaine as “that funny-looking bitch,” “the work,” “jawn,tiffany rings” “baby jawns,” and “funny-looking stuff.”

Corbett said that agents arranged a series of undercover purchases between June 11 and Sept. 11, 2009. These cocaine buys ranged in quantity anywhere from two and three-quarter ounces to nine ounces and cost anywhere from $2,200 to $6,600.

“Drug dealers, like the ones arrested today, know that there is a strong demand for drugs in both college and rural communities,” Corbett said. “No community, large or small – urban or rural, is immune from drug abuse and drug trafficking. Drug suppliers will move anywhere there is a demand for their product.”

The case will be prosecuted in Centre County by Senior Deputy Attorney General Patrick Leonard of the Attorney General’s Drug Strike Force Section.

Corbett thanked the State College Police Department, Bellefonte Borough Police Department, Ferguson Township Police Department, Patton Township Police Department, Spring Township Police Department, Blair County District Attorney’s Office, Centre County District Attorney’s Office, Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, tiffany bracelets Snyder County District Attorney’s Office and the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office for their assistance with the investigation.

Below is a list of the defendants and the charges against them.

Andre Spangler, 30, 512 Vernon Street, Media, is charged with 34 counts of delivery of cocaine, six counts of criminal conspiracy, three counts of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine, two counts of corrupt organization and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

Hasan Bradley, 29, 100 Forest Edge, Deptford, New Jersey, is charged with five counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of corrupt organization, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

Brian King, 27, 522 Wallingford Avenue, Media, is charged with six counts of criminal conspiracy, four counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of corrupt organization, one count of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

James Losch, 47, 4190 Jacksonville Road, Howard, is charged with nine counts of delivery and or possession with the intent to tiffany cufflinks deliver cocaine, two counts of corrupt organization, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

Edwin Rhoades, 38, 202 W. Church Street, Centre Hall, is charged with 10 counts of delivery and or possession with the intent to deliver cocaine, two counts of corrupt organization, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.